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best stoic quotes to help you overcome stress

best stoic quotes to help you overcome stress

Whether it be the ancient world or the contemporary one, stress has always made its presence felt. Human life has always been challenging. And it will continue to be both in the near and the distant future no matter how advanced we get as a species. Because stress is timeless,

life is change, change is life

life is change, change is life

> “Whatever the nature of the whole does, and whatever serves to maintain it, is good for every part of nature. The world is maintained by change—in the elements and in the things they compose. That should be enough for you; treat it as an axiom.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations,

what you do trumps what you say

what you do trumps what you say

Learning and understanding aphorisms and tenets of philosophy are one thing, but employing them in your day-to-day life is a whole different game. The ultimate goal, as Seneca suggested, is to turn words into works. It’s good to always keep the writer’s golden rule in your head: Show,

become an essentialist

become an essentialist

Successful and prosperous people are always focused — they set big goals for themselves, and hence, they know where they are going and consistently take steps to get there. Instead of repeating misaligned, hamster-wheel patterns like the majority, they walk on the path of Essentialism, which is nothing but a disciplined,

book summary: pithy insights from ‘meditations’ [2/3]

book summary: pithy insights from ‘meditations’ [2/3]

* Ambition is not a bad thing, but we must also understand that fame, recognition, and status are transient and making their pursuit a chief goal in our lives is downright stupid. * Oblivion is inevitable. Countless men and women — famous, wealthy, and powerful during their respective times — have been forgotten. * Fame

happy, or crappy?

happy, or crappy?

> “Heraclitus would shed tears whenever he went out in public — Democritus laughed. One saw the whole as a parade of miseries, the other of follies. And so, we should take a lighter view of things and bear them with an easy spirit, for it is more human to laugh