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Basically, do not wish for reality to be any different, rather accept and even love whatever happens. Something Epictetus agreed with over two millennia earlier when he said, ‘Seek not for events to happen as you wish but rather wish for events to happen as they do and your life will go smoothly.’
Ross Edgley • The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body
J’ai envie de vous parler d’Épicure, ce sage penseur de la Grèce antique. Il était convaincu, comme tout être doué de raison, qu’il n’y a pas de vie dans l’au-delà et qu’il nous faut mener la seule et unique existence qui est la nôtre dans la paix et la joie autant qu’il est possible. Quel but donner à sa vie ? La réponse se trouve, selon lui, dans
... See moreIrvin Yalom • Le Problème Spinoza (Littérature) (French Edition)
I have learned to see that whatever comes about is nothing to me if it lies beyond the sphere of choice.
Epictetus • Discourses, Fragments, Handbook (Oxford World's Classics)
Stoic Six Pack 3 – The Epicureans: On The Nature of Things, Letters and Principal Doctrines of Epicurus, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, The Garden of Epicurus and Stoics vs Epicureans (Illustrated)
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a student of Antisthenes and went on to become the most famous Cynic. In defense of simple living, Diogenes observed that “the gods had given to men the means of living easily, but this had been put out of sight, because we require honeyed cakes, unguents and the like.” Such is the madness of men, he said, that they choose to be miserable when they
... See moreWilliam B. Irvine • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
While most people seek to gain contentment by changing the world around them, Epictetus advises us to gain contentment by changing ourselves—more precisely, by changing our desires.
William B. Irvine • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
The Buddha taught that the three basic realities of the universe are that everything is constantly changing, nothing has any enduring essence, and nothing is completely satisfying. You can explore the furthest reaches of the galaxy, of your body, or of your mind, but you will never encounter something that does not change, that has an eternal essen
... See moreYuval Noah Harari • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Don’t seek that all that comes about should come about as you wish, but wish that everything that comes about should come about just as it does, and then you’ll have a calm and happy life.
Epictetus • Discourses, Fragments, Handbook (Oxford World's Classics)
Épicure estime que les besoins d’un homme sage sont peu nombreux et faciles à satisfaire, alors que ceux qui ont un désir insatiable de pouvoir et de richesse, comme peut-être votre oncle, n’accéderont jamais à l’ataraxie car le désir est sans fin. Plus on possède de biens, et plus ces biens vous possèdent. Vous qui pensez construire ici votre vie,
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