"Tranquility can't be grasped except by those who have reached an unwavering and firm power of judgment - the rest constantly fall and rise in their decisions, wavering in a state of alternately rejecting and accepting things. What is the cause of this back and forth? It's because nothing is clear and they rely on the most uncertain guide - common opinion."
~ Seneca, Moral Letters, 95.57b-58a
Of course, the Sage (Sapiens) would have this unwavering and firm power of judgment - in fact, the true Sage would have perfect power of Judgment - but I find it a constant struggle for anyone who has not attained this sort of enlightenment.
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