As a political spouse, I've found that my stoicism often serves me well. — Jill Biden Copy Share Image
“Difficulty is the foundation of growth, which is the foundation of greatness.” — @Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Stoicism is about Joy, Serenity, Meaning and Purpose. It is about being a useful and important member of society.” — Patrick Ussher Copy Share Image
“If what you have seems insufficient to you, then though you possess the world, you will yet be miserable.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Seneca and stoicism as a back door to explain why everything antifragile has to have more upside than downside” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Sometimes in life we must fight not only without fear, but also without hope.” — Alessandro Pertini Copy Share Image
Let the stoics say what they please, we do not eat for the good of living, but because the meat is savory… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Some of the best things that have ever happened to us wouldn’t have happened to us, if it weren’t for some of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“It is a great man that can treat his earthenware as if it was silver, and a man who treats his silver… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
“B.C.)—Stoicism stressed the search for inner peace and ethical certainty despite the apparent chaos of the external world by emulating in one’s… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Epictetus: "The judgment seat and a prison is each a place, the one high, the other low; but the attitude of your… — James B. Stockdale Copy Share Image
“At least when I bleed, it’s my own blood. At least when I fuck up, it’s my own fault. I own my… — Lokesh Tuli Copy Share Image
“Morris had been raised a Mennonite stoic in a tribe that wasn't a tribe at all, but more a failed cult whose… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
“I’m stoic like a statue of Stonewall Jackson. I’d make a great U.S. President, but I’d make an even better chiseled piece… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“And here lies the essential between Stoicism and the modern-day 'cult of optimism.' For the Stoics, the ideal state of mind was… — Oliver Burkeman Copy Share Image
“I like flaws and I feel more comfortable around those who have them.. The perfect people make me nervous. I don't trust… — Lokesh Tuli Copy Share Image
Socrates was the chief saint of the Stoics throughout their history ; his attitude at the time of his trial, his refusal… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“You're sitting there vibrating with 'talent' while the swine are out there eating the crop! Potential is for weaklings and politicians! It… — Lokesh Tuli Copy Share Image
I don't see any Stoic practice as problematic or risky, but I would advise to engage in extreme versions of the negative… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
“Oh, dear me!" he lamented. "The raft has floated off and I suppose it's gone down that awful hole by now." "Well,… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
“A doctrine which advocates indifference to wealth and to the comforts of life, and a contempt for suffering and death [the Stoics']… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality. I often imagine… — Joe Dunthorne Copy Share Image
“According to Bertrand Russell, the virtuous stoic was one whose will was in agreement with the natural order. He described the basic… — Piper Kerman Copy Share Image
“All Hellenistic schools seem to define [wisdom] in approximately the same terms: first and foremost, as a state of perfect peace of… — Pierre Hadot Copy Share Image
“And here we determine the άκμή [acme], i.e. perfect state, of the nations, which is enjoyed when the sciences, disciplines and arts,… — Giambattista Vico Copy Share Image
“For what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
“The stoic says the universe Is leagued to try the sage's virtue. If evil smites you, look for worse, And if it… — Morris Bishop Copy Share Image
“But if love and friendship are weaknesses, they are basic human weaknesses: by which I mean that they are weaknesses so endemic… — Michael Slote Copy Share Image
“Stoic ethics is a species of eudaimonism. Its central, organizing concern is about what we ought to do or be to live… — Lawrence C. Becker Copy Share Image
“Great individuals find a way to transform weakness into strength. It’s a rather amazing and even touching feat. They took what should… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
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