James Ryan

Stoicism

  • Pranavi Venkathas quoted4 years ago
    were, and not as he wanted them to be
  • Pranavi Venkathas quoted4 years ago
    today I will be meeting ingratitude, insolence, selfishness, interference and ill-will – all due to the offender’s ignorance of good and evil. By doing this, his intention was not to start his day on a sour note, but rather to prepare himself to face things as they
  • Pranavi Venkathas quoted4 years ago
    Being a Stoic means you must act in the world, but not to create a particular
  • Pranavi Venkathas quoted4 years ago
    Many of the things that we desire, which we believe will make our lives better, are not within our power to acquire
  • Pranavi Venkathas quoted4 years ago
    we should control what we desire
  • Pranavi Venkathas quoted4 years ago
    something that they craved or taking cold showers, in order to foster a greater appreciation for food or warmth, for instance.
  • Pranavi Venkathas quoted4 years ago
    Focus on the Present
  • Pranavi Venkathas quoted4 years ago
    Practice the Virtues You Can Demonstrate
  • Pranavi Venkathas quoted4 years ago
    Draw strength from others
  • Pranavi Venkathas quoted4 years ago
    By embracing the vastness of the cosmos, he believed we would be able to see how superfluous our troubles really are in the context of infinity and how short the time from birth to death really is
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