#stoic — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #stoic, aggregated by home.social.
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We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends behave to us
— Aristotle
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To be stoic is not to be emotionless, but to remain unaffected by your emotions.
— James Pierce
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours
— Marcus Aurelius
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Diogenes of Sinope said we sell things of great value for things of very little, and vice versa.
— Diogenes Laertius
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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Lunch break reading (or listening) from my Things Friends Forward #Substack
032: Present Company | 3 - 9 August
Mentoring newcomers through #Stoic #philosophy, a hollowed-out #political centre, and why bigger #cars are killing more pedestrians + #music and more!
https://thingsfriendsforward.substack.com/p/032-present-company-3-9-august
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Be so busy building your own life that other people’s BS is of no concern.
— Ed Latimore
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
— Epictetus
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While it's true that material possessions don't go with you, there is one thing I'm afraid of losing.
The relationships that I have. Maybe they don't "belong to me", but they are the ones that I care about.
I do like using these quotes and wisdom to try and challenge me though.
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Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment.
— Deepak Chopra
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We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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I'm so bored I'm making #stoic #philosophy #memes out of my old vacation pictures.
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Consider in silence whatever anyone says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.
— Cato
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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind
— Aristotle
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Trust in your money and down you go!
But the godly flourish like leaves in spring.— Proverbs 11:28
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Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
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Since every man dies, it is better to die with distinction than to live long.
— Musonius Rufus
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Or is it your reputation that’s bothering you? But look at how soon we’re all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all. The emptiness of those applauding hands. The people who praise us; how capricious they are, how arbitrary. And the tiny region it takes place. The whole earth a point in space – and most of it uninhabited.
— Marcus Aurelius
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It is a characteristic of wisdom to not do desperate things.
— Henry David Thoreau
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
— Seneca