Stoicism in simple terms?

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Spotted this while playing the new Spider-Man game

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This popped up in my Pinterest feed, I wasn’t disappointed.

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Tom Brady dropping some knowledge

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I have been waiting two weeks and it has finally arrived. I am excited.

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Make this your wallpaper. Repeat this to yourself often. Let it sink in deeply.

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MOTD #41: To change your experience, change your opinion. Stop telling yourself that you are a victim and the pain goes away.

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Found this on a Muslim board and it reminded me of how many times Seneca quoted Epicurus and non-Stoic philosophers. What are your favorite philosophies and creeds that you use to compliment your Stoic practice? Do you have a favorite quote or book from it?

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3rd place kid channeling his inner Epictetus

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And how to refine the attitude towards acceptance.

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You could leave life right now

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Look who I've found on Istanbul's Archaeology Museums

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Don’t know who needs to see this today but I sure did

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Epictetus, Enchiridion, chapter 35

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MOTD #103: I'd rather see you abandon grief then it abandon you.

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Exactly

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Comic #2 - How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

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Simple but powerful. (Epictetus)

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Chapter 5, The Enchiridion

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I believe this belongs here (x-post r/seduction)

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Thought this fit the description

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Marcus Aurelius Comic #2: Coming Soon...

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Comic #3: Marcus Aurelius and the Sarmatians

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Idk if this is posted on the community or not but I think this is a good stoic technique imo.

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Just arrived! Can't wait to get reading!

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pause and give yourself time, you will more easily control yourself

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MOTD #58: There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter.

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There is no tomorrow, if you forgot today

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Begin each day... - Marcus Aurelius

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Self actualization and stoicism. I see many parrelels

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Massimo Pigliucci at my alma mater today

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New Year, New Me: How's everyone doing with their meditations and Stoic practice so far?

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“Even bad Fortune is fickle” - Seneca

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just be.

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This was my wallpaper for a while and just wanted to share it with you guys

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Wait No More, Today Is The Day

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MOTD #9: The three things you need at this very moment.

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Memento Mori tattoo, thanks u/senecakillme

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Be very careful of things that come to you for free. Fish are caught by luring them with bait. And Seneca is being funny af with that line about succumbing to sleep.

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Stoicism in Harry Potter

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Are there similar quotes to this from Stoic thinkers?

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Saw this on 41st street in Manhattan and thought you guys might enjoy it

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Notes on Generic Cardinal Virtues.

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one of my favorites

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If you are distressed by anything...

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While we are postponing, life speeds by.

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Ummmm is Dewy a stoic?!?!?

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What nature has made free can only be disturbed or hampered by itself. A persons own thoughts unnerve them. Meditations.

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Marcus Aurelius is alive (In other words, I downloaded Photoshop.)

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Something to thinm about..

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The best gift this year

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This is so inspiring to me. One sentence that can transform your life. If you follow this rule always, you will live a great life. From Marcus Aurelius' Meditations

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We use stoicism to help the kids in my son's under 14's football team

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My Memento Mori medallion arrived today

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This is Einstein’s stoic philosophy on peace.

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A little project I'm doing - every day I'm reading a chunk of Marcus Aurelius and writing my reflections on it down. Doing it as part of a daily mindfulness routine to help ease an Anxiety disorder - so far it's been the calmest part of my entire day.

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Ten Rules From Marcus Aurelius

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Giving this a read. Kind of nice to know that a professional scientist is writing books for us to help us along the path.

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Little Debbie with Stoic Wisdom

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A matter of perspective

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A little indirectly related to stoicism, but I think it's an important list to point out while practicing stoicism.

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I hope for nothing, I fear nothing, I am free

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The Framework of Suffering

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How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

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Rise and Grind - Seneca

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Hedonic Treadmill

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... Somewhat stoic? Quite stoic? I’m not sure myself; what do you all think?

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Voluntary Discomfort

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From The Daily Stoic Email: Suicide Awareness Day

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MOTD #84: The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.

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Free will

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You shall not covet, but better

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On the SHORTNESS of LIFE

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Marcus Aurelius

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MOTD #18: Ten thousand times the web could be destroyed, and ten thousand times the spider would rebuild it. There was neither annoyance nor despair, nor any delight, just as it had been for a billion years.”

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-Dalai Lama

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My first leap into this alluring philosophy

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Gotta be able to laugh at ourselves :D

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Some stoicism in Calvin and Hobbes

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MOTD #87: We ought always to deal justly, not only with those who are just to us, but likewise to those who endeavor to injure us;

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Negative visualization exercise, hit me in the feels

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Saw this on Tom Brady’s Facebook & /r/Patriots

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An honest assessment of our condition

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On letting go of regret and growing from one’s past mistakes - I came up with this thought process and thought I should share it.

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ICAL: #noblame

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79$ for this? Sad to see these stoic instagram pages milk the philosophy to this level for profit

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Discourses Book 1 Line 32

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be mindful, because your soul is dyed by your thoughts

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You don't have to have an opinion

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Stoic by day, apple sauce maker by night.

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“Always remember this: that the happy life depends on very little.” -Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 7.67

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If someone cuts me off in traffic, if a customer is rude, if my boss screams at me, if mother nature sends me a snowstorm, if my sibling is ungrateful, if my partner criticizes me, if my kids break my painting, or simply put...if life ever pushes me, I try to never stumble because of this quote.....

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Philosophy breakdown.

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A new attempt to do a Stoic algorithm. I would love to hear your comments so I can make improvements. I am just learning stoicism and find it helpful to represent things graphically. Thank you!

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Integrity

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MOTD #92: The angry man is more like a victim of wrongdoing, provoked by pain to anger.

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My first ever stoic tattoo

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Don't unintentionally hand over your freedom.

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[Reminder] Interested in practicing Stoicism? We are hosting the PEotW over at r/practicingstoicism, new week begins tomorrow. All are welcome!

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Stumbled upon this subreddit last night, I am hooked. Made this purchase today.

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After reading Obstacle Is The Way, I started with The Enchiridion and first 6.5 lines gave me too much to think about.

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What are your thoughts about displaying an outward symbol of being ‘Stoic’ like this badge? I wouldn’t have thought that that in itself would be particularly stoic but then I’m just learning.

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It’s not much, but it’s a start. My first book on stoicism :)

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What is Stoicism? The Stoicism Cheat Sheet (Image)

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Asceticism

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True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future!

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[Image] “The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.”

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Meditations - Live in the present and do not obsess over the past, live the past where it belongs, the past.

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Things I found while moving: The Shortness of Life in Brazilian portuguese. Never knew my parents had this.

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This is currently my phone screensaver and it does protray to me letting whatever is to happen, happen

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New iPhone iOS update is great with the widgets. I used Widgetsmith for the quote. The constant reminder of Seneca’s suffering quote is a great reminder👌🏼

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Stoic approach to street photography

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Musonius Rufus on Self-control - [Modern translation by Cynthia King]

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You can’t control what others think or do but you can control how you react to it

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Happy Stoic week y'all

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Ready for my two week vacation

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Meowditations VI-II

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Marcus Aurelius - Stripped Bare

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Whatcha doing?

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Half Stoic

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Xpost from r/funny. This reminds me of how a lot of people put too much thought into how their situation affects them instead of doing something about it.

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The book that brought me here

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Now is my home.

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Before and After reading Meditations

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All to relevant in today’s world of social media envy and keeping up with the Joneses.

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You're everywhere and nowhere, baby.

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How to be a Stoic.

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Calvin knows where its at

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Just got this in the mail today

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All ready to up my practicing Stoicism game. The plan is to read the Daily Stoic...daily, and Your User's Manual monthly. I try and apply Stoic virtues as much as I can what, but the goal is to double my number of today I felt good about doing this thoughts in 2019.

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One of my favourite thoughts from Epictetus

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the rational soul

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Stumbled upon on this gem in Fahrenheit 451

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A Model Response to Attempted Wrongdoing

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The third Stoic in the series: Epictetus

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Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. 8.33

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[Reminder] Be on the lookout for the new Practical Exercise of the Week!

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Stoicism in daily life:

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Picked up AntiFragile for the nth time today. Attaching a footnote from the book 🙂

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Is the cucumber bitter? A Stoic square

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MOTD #28: A consciousness of wrongdoing is the first step to salvation.

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Snoopy keeping it real

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Does this belong here?

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Marcus Aurelius on Human Life:

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