“Well-being is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.”
How To Get Out of Meaningless Suffering, the 5 Buddhist/Stoic Hindrances
“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us…
How to Use Adversity to Live a Fulfilling Life
“Take example from the wrestling-masters. Has the boy fallen down? Get up, again, they say; wrestle again until you have made yourself strong. That’s the sort of attitude you should have…For both ruin and salvation have their source within you.”
How To Think About The Little Problems, So They Don’t Become Big Problems
[Musonius Rufus] often talked in a very forceful manner about food, on the grounds that food was not an insignificant…
Stoicism, First Things First, The Power Of the Gods
The first principle of practical Stoicism is this: we don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about them,…
That The Wise Man Is Content With Himself
“And this is what we mean when we say the wise man is self-content; he is so in the sense…
The Art of Digesting, A Life Full of Patience
Just give it to me! Give me the damn advice and get on with it! AGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! I imagined Cartman from…
How To Use Purpose To Stop the F Hurry
“If you wish to be a writer, write.”― Epictetus You are what you do daily. And that is wonderful news.…
The Necessity of Doubt
I’ve been using Instagram a lot these last couple of days. A constant, incessant, punishing whip that pushes trash through…
The Reality Behind Not Caring About What Other People Think Of You
Not caring about what other people think about you is not the same thing as not caring about other people.…