One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.
— Henry Miller
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The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life does it spring.
— James Joyce
January 8th: Seeing Our Addictions
“We must give up many things to which we are addicted, considering them to be good. Otherwise, courage will vanish, which should continually test itself. Greatness of soul will be lost, which can’t stand out unless it disdains as petty what the mob regards as most desirable.”
—SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 74.12b–13
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The Daily #Stoic
Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman
I'm starting a new Stoic series over on my blog. I would be grateful if you took even 30 seconds to come and check it out, even if you don't stay
January 7th: Seven Clear Functions Of The Mind
“The proper work of the mind is the exercise of choice, refusal, yearning, repulsion, preparation, purpose, and assent. What then can pollute and clog the mind’s proper functioning? Nothing but its own corrupt decisions.”
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.11.6–7
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The Daily #Stoic
Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman
The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
January 6th: Where, Who, What, And Why
“A person who doesn’t know what the universe is, doesn’t know where they are. A person who doesn’t know their purpose in life doesn’t know who they are or what the universe is. A person who doesn’t know any one of these things doesn’t know why they are here. So what to make of people who seek or avoid the praise of those who have no knowledge of where or who they are?”
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 8.52
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The Daily #Stoic
Holiday & Hanselman
I've been in the fediverse for quite some time, but it's been really on-off. This year, I'll treat my mastodon as main microblog/short form posting. Probably still not on a daily basis like years ago.
I'm currently doing Ryan Holiday's New Year New You #stoic challe nge for the 2nd time. It's always during the Christmas holidays that I get inspired again. Often this only lasts a few months, last year it was half a year. This year I should finish what I started. Or rather continue.
January 5th: Clarify Your Intentions
“Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It’s not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad.”
—SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 12.5
Excerpt From
The Daily #Stoic
Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman
The Soul selects her own Society —
Then — shuts the Door —
To her divine Majority —
Present no more —
—
Unmoved — she notes the Chariots — pausing —
At her low Gate —
Unmoved — an Emperor be kneeling
Upon her Mat —
—
I've known her — from an ample nation —
Choose One —
Then — close the Valves of her attention —
Like Stone —
— Emily Dickinson
January 4th: The Big Three
“All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way.”
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.6
Excerpt From
The Daily #Stoic
Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman
Every great life is shaped by creation, not consumption.
You were not meant to sit on the sidelines. You were meant to participate, build, and contribute.
Put something into the world today.
Let that be the day everything starts to change. #stoic #philosophy #stoa #marcaurel #epiket
You can easily judge a character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
January 3rd: Be Ruthless To The Things That Don’t Matter
“How many have laid waste to your life when you weren’t aware of what you were losing, how much was wasted in pointless grief, foolish joy, greedy desire, and social amusements—how little of your own was left to you. You will realize you are dying before your time!”
—SENECA, ON THE BREVITY OF LIFE, 3.3b
Excerpt From
The Daily #Stoic
Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman
There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
— Jawaharlal Nehru
January 2nd: Education Is Freedom
“What is the fruit of these teachings? Only the most beautiful and proper harvest of the truly educated—tranquility, fearlessness, and freedom. We should not trust the masses who say only the free can be educated, but rather the lovers of wisdom who say that only the educated are free.”
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.1.21–23a
Excerpt From
The Daily #Stoic
Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman
January 1st: Control And Choice
“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own . . .”
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.5.4–5
Excerpt From
The Daily #Stoic
Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman
“By controlling our perceptions, the Stoics tell us, we can find mental clarity. In directing our actions properly and justly, we’ll be effective. In utilizing and aligning our will, we will find the wisdom and perspective to deal with anything the world puts before us.”
Excerpt From
The Daily #Stoic
Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman
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