„Timendi causa est nescire” — Ignorance is the cause of fear.
Seneca, Natural Questions
An android app to read many Stoic texts. (github.com)
I think this app is simple and effective. @zikalify thanks.
"It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own."
Marcus Aurelius
"When things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longer”, and take your departure; but if you stay, stop lamenting."
Epictitus
"Very little is needed for happiness, it is all within yourself."
Marcus Aurelius
"Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace."
Epictitus
A Roundup of Gregory Sadler's Writings on Stoicism | Medium (ghostarchive.org)
60+ pieces on Stoic philosophy, practices, ideas, resources, and more!
"When things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longer”, and take your departure; but if you stay, stop lamenting."
Epictitus
"Our life is what our thoughts makes it"
Marcus Aurelius
He who suffers before it’s necessary suffers more than it’s necessary.
Seneca
"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
-Marcus Aurelius
The Complexity of Seneca – by Maxwell Lynn (modernstoicism.com)
Statesman, Stoic, and millionaire. How can we find virtue in Seneca’s complex and even contradictory lifestyle? ‘This, I say, is the highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom, – that deed and wo…
Memento Mori Reminder!
49.32% of the year 2023 remains!!!...
On the Power of Expectation and How the Mind Renders Reality. (www.themarginalian.org)
Related to the concept of phantasiai (impressions)....
On the Good Life
It is not enough...
You Took The Job | Daily Stoic
The Emperor Hadrian’s life sometimes felt, as it does for all leaders, like an endless demand for favors. Letters came from across the empire asking for this and that. The Senate, the courts, his own family–everybody always seemed to need something. Naturally, he struggled under this burden. Naturally, he tried to create...
This Is What Leaders Do | Daily Stoic
After a long line of incompetence, after a long chain of excuses, after a series of failures, the Union cause finally turned around when General Ulysses S. Grant took command. Other generals had focused on pomp and circumstance, they had been anxious and defensive, they claimed they didn’t have the resources or troops they...
What are Logos, Nature, and Reason in Stoicism?
Short answer: Nature is governed by the logos which is based on reason....
“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”
– Marcus Aurelius