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Stoic quote of the day 07/06/23

From Epictetus: “The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.”

Stoic quote of the day 07/05/23

From Marcus Aurelius: “Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.”

Stoic quote of the day

Here’s one from Marcus Aurelius. “How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.”

Stoic thought of the day 6/22/23

Here’s one from Marcus Aurelius. Say to yourself first thing in the morning: today I shall meet people who are meddling, ungrateful, aggressive, treacherous, malicious, unsocial. All this has afflicted them through their ignorance of true good and evil. But I have that the nature of good is what is right, and the nature ofContinue reading “Stoic thought of the day 6/22/23”

Stoic thought of the day 06/21/23

Here’s one from Epictetus. “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” Good luck out there today everybody.

On fame

I’ve been reading some Stoic philosophy lately, and I came across a quote from Marcus Aurelius that I found quite interesting. “He who has a vehement desire for posthumous fame does not consider that every one of those who remember him will himself also die very soon; then again also they who have succeeded them,Continue reading “On fame”