stoic

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cd9070f	Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.	equanimity future inspirational reason stoic stoicism worry	Marcus Aurelius
9592e1e	I'd developed an inability to demonstrate much negative emotion at all. It was another thing that made me seem like a dick - my stomach could be all oiled eels, and you would get nothing from my face and less from my words. It was a constant problem: too much control or no control at all.	control dick emotional emotions heartless judgemental judging judging-by-appearance jumping-to-conclusions mean outer-appearance panic stoic truth what-s-inside-that-counts words	Gillian Flynn
b1a0d6d	An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.	philosophy stoic	Epictetus
2ab7051	She released her grievances like handfuls of birdseed: They are there, and they are gone.	black-heart evil gone grief grieving heartless malicious nothing release sadist sadistic self-obsessed self-obsession stoic unimportant	Gillian Flynn
e02a415	Remember to act always as if you were at a symposium. When the food or drink comes around, reach out and take some politely; if it passes you by don't try pulling it back. And if it has not reached you yet, don't let your desire run ahead of you, be patient until your turn comes. Adopt a similar attitude with regard to children, wife, wealth and status, and in time, you will be entitled to dine with the gods. Go further and decline these goods even when they are on offer and you will have a share in the gods' power as well as their company. That is how Diogenes, Heraclitus and philosophers like them came to be called, and considered, divine.	self-control stoic stoicism	Epictetus
7faa1d7	"The first and most important field of philosophy is the application of principles such as "Do not lie." Next come the proofs, such as why we should not lie. The third field supports and articulates the proofs, by asking, for example, "How does this prove it? What exactly is a proof, what is logical inference, what is contradiction, what is truth, what is falsehood?" Thus, the third field is necessary because of the second, and the second because of the first. The most important, though, the one that should occupy most of our time, is the first. But we do just the opposite. We are preoccupied with the third field and give that all our attention, passing the first by altogether. The result is that we lie - but have no difficulty proving why we shouldn't."	morality philosophy proof stoic stoicism	Epictetus
e9c8962	Who then is invincible? The one who cannot be upset by anything outside their reasoned choice.	invincible life stoic stubborn	Epictetus
4200425	The willing are led by fate, the reluctant are dragged.	epictetus marcus-aurelius philosophy seneca stoic stoicism	Cleanthes of Assos
a1fe5e7	Stoical' is the best word to describe her reaction to these compliments, Emma putting up with them as of they were one of my unfortunate foibles.	compliment stoic stoicism	Carol Lee
5c53570	Freedom? That's easy. It's in your choices. Happiness? That's easy. It's in your choices. Respect of your peers? That too is in the choices you make.	stoic	Ryan Holiday

cd9070f

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

equanimity future inspirational reason stoic stoicism worry

Marcus Aurelius

9592e1e

I'd developed an inability to demonstrate much negative emotion at all. It was another thing that made me seem like a dick - my stomach could be all oiled eels, and you would get nothing from my face and less from my words. It was a constant problem: too much control or no control at all.

control dick emotional emotions heartless judgemental judging judging-by-appearance jumping-to-conclusions mean outer-appearance panic stoic truth what-s-inside-that-counts words

Gillian Flynn

b1a0d6d

An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.

philosophy stoic

Epictetus

2ab7051

She released her grievances like handfuls of birdseed: They are there, and they are gone.

black-heart evil gone grief grieving heartless malicious nothing release sadist sadistic self-obsessed self-obsession stoic unimportant

Gillian Flynn

e02a415

Remember to act always as if you were at a symposium. When the food or drink comes around, reach out and take some politely; if it passes you by don't try pulling it back. And if it has not reached you yet, don't let your desire run ahead of you, be patient until your turn comes. Adopt a similar attitude with regard to children, wife, wealth and status, and in time, you will be entitled to dine with the gods. Go further and decline these goods even when they are on offer and you will have a share in the gods' power as well as their company. That is how Diogenes, Heraclitus and philosophers like them came to be called, and considered, divine.

self-control stoic stoicism

Epictetus

7faa1d7

"The first and most important field of philosophy is the application of principles such as "Do not lie." Next come the proofs, such as why we should not lie. The third field supports and articulates the proofs, by asking, for example, "How does this prove it? What exactly is a proof, what is logical inference, what is contradiction, what is truth, what is falsehood?" Thus, the third field is necessary because of the second, and the second because of the first. The most important, though, the one that should occupy most of our time, is the first. But we do just the opposite. We are preoccupied with the third field and give that all our attention, passing the first by altogether. The result is that we lie - but have no difficulty proving why we shouldn't."

morality philosophy proof stoic stoicism

Epictetus

e9c8962

Who then is invincible? The one who cannot be upset by anything outside their reasoned choice.

invincible life stoic stubborn

Epictetus

4200425

The willing are led by fate, the reluctant are dragged.

epictetus marcus-aurelius philosophy seneca stoic stoicism

Cleanthes of Assos

a1fe5e7

Stoical' is the best word to describe her reaction to these compliments, Emma putting up with them as of they were one of my unfortunate foibles.

compliment stoic stoicism

Carol Lee

5c53570

Freedom? That's easy. It's in your choices. Happiness? That's easy. It's in your choices. Respect of your peers? That too is in the choices you make.

stoic

Ryan Holiday