Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well
Seneca said it best: “So what is good? The knowledge of life. What is bad? Ignorance of life.” To have knowledge of life, pursue wisdom in books, articles, and through conversations with other people who are on the same path.
Darius Foroux • Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well
“Remember that for every challenge you face, you have the resources within you to cope with that challenge. If
Darius Foroux • Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well
Our job is not to preach our values. Our job is to execute our values in our own minds.
Darius Foroux • Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well
“Live as if you were alone — out in the wilderness. No difference between here and there: the city that you live in is the world. Let
Darius Foroux • Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well
“Each day acquire something that will fortify you against poverty, against death, indeed against other misfortunes as well; and after you have run over many thoughts, select one to be thoroughly digested that day.”
Darius Foroux • Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well
We all need to be more conscious of how we spend our time. Most of us know this — we just don’t live it. We squander our time like it’s nothing.
Darius Foroux • Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well
“Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.”
Darius Foroux • Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well
“Let us enquire what is the best, not what is the most customary, thing to do,
Darius Foroux • Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well
“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control.”