Title: Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius Authors: Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman Year: 2020 Publisher: Portfolio: Illustrated edition “Don’t explain your philosophy,” Epictetus said, “embody it.” Philosophy is not just about words, it's more about ...
READ MORE +“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” - Marcus Aurelius. After reading and learning about Stoicism and implementing some of their wisdom in my life, I can assure you it has helped me live a better and more balanced life: from how to treat myself (being connected ...
READ MORE +Title: Letters From a Stoic (also known as Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium) Author: Seneca Year: c. 65 AD Publisher: First printed at Naples in 1475 “We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” -Seneca. "Letters From a Stoic" is a compilation of writings by Seneca (letters to his friend ...
READ MORE +Title: The Reason I Jump Author: Naoki Higashida Year: 2014 Publisher: Sceptre “When I'm jumping it's as if my feelings are going upward to the sky. Really, my urge to be swallowed up by the sky is enough to make my heart quiver. When I'm jumping, I can feel my body parts really well, too - my ...
READ MORE +Title: Ego is the Enemy Author: Ryan Holiday Year: 2017 Publisher: Profile Books Ltd “The pretense of knowledge is our most dangerous vice, because it prevents us from getting any better.” -Ryan Holiday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju8WoRcR4Qo Our society romanticises ego, “This famous ...
READ MORE +Heading out for an outdoor activity? Maintaining optimal physical health is essential to appreciate these excursions fully. Being fit physically will help you avoid unnecessary injuries and medical complications. Achieving and maintaining good physical fitness is crucial as it enables one to ...
READ MORE +Most men avoid therapy because most therapy approaches are not designed to help the male brain deal with pain or to find solutions. That makes men believe therapy is worthless. Follow on for Men’s Mental Health: Is It Going From Bad to Worse? "Men's depression is usually based on feeling helpless, ...
READ MORE +Ah wisdom! Have you ever read a kid's book and thought, damn, this is quite deep? Well, that had happened to me a few times, and in this article, I will share with you some of the best kids' books that I have read and seen. We will reflect on some amazing wisdom quotes and how they can help your ...
READ MORE +Title: Stillness is the Key Author: Ryan Holiday Year: 2020 Publisher: Profile Books Ltd "It is by stillness that the ball slows down so that we might hit it. Stillness allows us to persevere. To succeed. It is the key that unlocks genius, happiness, meaning." -Ryan Holiday. The American ...
READ MORE +Title: Marcus Aurelius - Meditations Author: Marcus Aurelius Year: 2006 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd "If you want to gain control of pain, open up this blessed book and enter deep within it. Its wealth of philosophy will bring you to see with ease all the future, the present, and the past, ...
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