The Beginner's Guide to Stoicism: Tools for Emotional Resilience and Positivity
Matthew Van Nattaamazon.com
The Beginner's Guide to Stoicism: Tools for Emotional Resilience and Positivity
•How can I benefit from this? •What virtue can I draw on to meet this moment?
no one is voluntarily evil.
At the same time, don’t forget that everything you have is on loan. Someday you will return it.
Stoic ethical practices retrain us to make reasoned judgment and therefore eliminate pathos, which are also called passions.
infinite opportunity and the reserve clause
“Do your best to convince them. But act on your own, if justice requires it.
In this new situation, what opportunities do I have to be my best self? After this, do what wisdom tells you is best.
If you can accept the world as it is, you will not desire things that will never be.