每日斯多葛主義修行46-48
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46.「Above all, it is necessary for a person to have a true self-estimate, for we commonly think we can do more than we really can.」
— Seneca, On Tranquility of Mind, 5.2
一個人（要達到內心的寧靜）首先要具備的是準確衡量自己的能力，因為我們通常都高估了自己。
— Seneca, 關於保持內心的寧靜，5.2
47.「So, concerning the things we pursue, and for which we vigorously exert ourselves, we owe this consideration—either there is nothing useful in them, or most aren』t useful. Some of them are superfluous, while others aren』t worth that much. But we don』t discern this and see them as free, when they cost us dearly.」
— Seneca, Moral Letters, 42.6
對於我們奮力追求的事物，我們很少考慮到這點：它們當中很多其實基本沒什麼用，或者只有很少的用處。有些具有一些表面價值，但大部分其實根本不值得我們如此付出。而這點，我們只有在為了這些事物付出巨大代價的時候，才明白。
— Seneca, 關於道德的信件, 42.6
48.「The person is free who lives as they wish, neither compelled, nor hindered, nor limited—whose choices aren』t hampered, whose desires succeed, and who don』t fall into what repels them. Who wishes to live in deception—tripped up, mistaken, undisciplined, complaining, in a rut? No one. These are base people who don』t live as they wish; and so, no base person is free.」
— Epictetus, Discourses, 4.1.1–3 a
內心真正自由的人按照他們自己的意願生活，不會被強迫，阻礙或者限制。他們做選擇時不會被自己的慾望，喜惡和偏見所左右。而那些自我欺騙，不自律，抱怨連天的人無法按照自己的意願去生活，因此他們從來都不是內心真正自由的人。
— Epictetus, 對話, 4.1.1–3 a
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