Moral Letters
What the Stoic rejects is conformity to the illusion that pursuing luxuries will bring satiety, that desiring more will ever bring about the condition of feeling one has enough.
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We are once again awash with young radicals who believe passionately in their issue. So passionately that they are willing to do anything to achieve their goals.
Moral Letters
No matter how difficult the world becomes when you speak the truth, do you really think it will be better if you tell yourself and others lies instead?
Moral Letters
We have the capacity to respond to our circumstances, and some responses will bring better results than others.
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When we delegate to politicians our obligations as citizens, we are at the mercy of our politicians faithfully executing our wishes.
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Repeated observations do not necessarily lead to firmer conclusions, because we are unreliable, biased observers, and inconsistent in our thinking.
Moral Letters
A need arises naturally and is satisfied naturally. A luxury is fabricated and requires an elaborate system to create and maintain.
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Fairness is relative and situational, which means that what we think is fair changes over time and changes depending on who is doing the comparing.
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It is certainly good to be confident in what you are doing because self-doubt is destructive of peace of mind. But it is better to first be self-critical and to reflect on what you are doing.
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Wisdom consists not just in making a correct decision, but in making it with understanding of the reason why.
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The basic rules of competition apply in many areas of life beyond buying goods and services.
Moral Letters
Can you tell me now which of your indulgences let grown into vices will be your undoing, or will you tell me that you are safe from all temptation?