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The riches of the mind are the only riches that cannot be taken from you.
Seneca · Letters from a Stoic · paraphrase
What it means today

Everything external can be stripped away; the inner wealth of wisdom and character cannot. It is the only investment that is truly safe, because it lives where no one else can reach.

Try this todayInvest in one inner quality today that no one could take from you.
Today’s questionWhere is my wealth stored — outside, or within?
#wealth#mind#inner-life
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