6 Top Michel de Montaigne Quotes To Help You Stay More Productive In Life

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Help people to help themselves. Your purpose in life is help yourself. But you can’t yourself without helping other people.

“Who does not in some sort live for others, does not live much to himself.”- Michel de Montaigne

You are bigger than what you fear. Do not let your fears control your actions.

“There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.”- Michel de Montaigne

The value of life. If you are not happy with your life, you must check what you do every day. As the old saying goes, “How you spend your day is how you spend your life.”

“The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them…”- Michel de Montaigne

Be grateful for what you have right now. Do not live in the past. You must ‘rejoice in the things that are present.

“Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.”- Michel de Montaigne

You can’t change people, but you can change yourself. If you want change, start with yourself.

“Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.”- Michel de Montaigne

If you want to let go of something, don’t worry about it. Your brain will take care of it.

“Nothing prints more lively in our minds than something we wish to forget.”- Michel de Montaigne

Allowing Yourself To Leave A Smoky Room

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A “smoky” room is not for you. You are better than living in an environment where you cannot grow. Your purpose in your life is to grow. Your purpose is to live your life in your own way. If you are not living it, do something about it. The first place to start is to live your smoky room. Leave your comfortable room. Don’t stay there if you are not comfortable with yourself anymore. Don’t pretend. Don’t deceive yourself. It hurts to live in a place where there is no growth.

If you don’t leave, you are holding yourself back. If you don’t leave your smoky room, you are limiting your growth. If you don’t leave your smoky room, a place where there is no life, you are just existing. If you don’t leave your smoky room, know this: The quality of your life will be determined by your smoky room. Change is hard, but important. If you don’t change your smoky room now, when are you going to start living your true life? You can’t live it if you don’t change your smoky room.

Food for your life:

“If the room is smoky, if only moderately, I will stay; If there is too much smoke I will go. Remember this, the door is always open.” Epitectus