Letting Go
Taoism, Buddhism, Stoicism
Letting Go
“Perfection of character: to live your last day, every day, without frenzy, or sloth, or pretense.” Marcus Aurelius
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
Marcus Aurelius • Meditations
as Marcus Aurelius puts it, “Like the vine that produces its grapes, seeking nothing more once it has given forth its fruit…so the good man having done one deed well, does not shout it about, but turns to the next good deed, just like the vine turns to bear forth its fruit in due season.”
Jason Hemlock • Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness
Marcus Aurelius wrote, “Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.”
How to Simplify Your Daily Schedule with Stoic Philosophy
Objective judgment, now at this very moment. Unselfish action, now at this very moment. Willing acceptance—now at this very moment—of all external events. That’s all you need. —MARCUS AURELIUS
Ryan Holiday • The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Stoics do not seek to have the answer for every question or a plan for every contingency. Yet they’re also not worried. Why? Because they have confidence that they’ll be able to adapt and change with the circumstances.
