Tag: stoicism
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9 Short Quotes That Changed My Life and Why — RyanHoliday.net
Like a lot of people, I try to collect words to live by. Most of these words come from reading, but also from conversations, from teachers… 1,803 more words 9 Short Quotes That Changed My Life and Why — RyanHoliday.net January’s post got away from me, so here is a quick/late repost. I come across…
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21 Epigrams Every Man Should Live By — The Art of Manliness
With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday to help our newer readers discover some of the best, evergreen gems from the past. 4,086 more words 21 Epigrams Every Man Should Live By — The Art of Manliness Short quotes are easy reminders of the person we want…
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Plutarch’s 13 Signs for Gauging Your Growth in Character — The Art of Manliness
In most areas of your life that you seek to improve, there’s an external metric you can look at in order to see if you’re getting better. Your pants get looser as you lose weight. Your kettlebells get heavier as you get stronger. Your net worth increases as you get wealthier. But how do you… Plutarch’s…
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How I Learned to Be Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable — The Art of Manliness
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Ben Aldridge. Several years ago, I found myself in a dark place. I was struggling immensely with severe and debilitating anxiety and felt that I was losing control of my mind. I was having back-to-back panic attacks and honestly thought that I was dying. It was a… How…
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These 7 Lessons Will Make You Better — RyanHoliday.net
Marcus Aurelius‘ reign from 161 to 180 was defined by a pandemic (which originated in the distant east and quickly overwhelmed Rome’s institutions), civil unrest, interminable wars in the provinces, personal health issues, cultural decadence, income inequality, and so much else. As he would observe in Meditations, people have always been people, and life has… These…
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Moderation Is the Highest Form of Greatness. Here’s Why. — RyanHoliday.net
You can preorder signed copies of my new book Lives of the Stoics here. This is not a political argument. But it says something about our politics right now that the right in America is convinced that Joe Biden is a radical leftist, while the progressive left holds up their collective nose at his unacceptable… Moderation…
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The Definition of Success Is Autonomy — Ryan Holiday
None of us truly control our own destiny. Fate has too much power over us puny humans. Still, we often suspect that were we just a little richer, just a little more famous, if we were in charge and got the success we craved, then we’d finally have some say over the direction of our… The…
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We Are Who We Honor — Daily Stoic
It was Malraux who said that we judge a society by the monuments it puts up. So imagine a society that puts up statues to tyrants, to someone who nearly succedded in tearing an empire apart, who did horrible, innexplicably cruel things… We Are Who We Honor — DailyStoic.com I’ve wrestled for several years on…
Patience and Humility 