Moral Letters
014 - On Keeping A Low Profile - Moral Letters for Modern Times
I say this: the mob will hate you if you are wrong, and they will hate you even more if you are right.
Stoics
These posts deal with stoic philosophy from the ancient Greeks and Romans, and how stoicism can help us learn how to lead better lives
Moral Letters
013 - On Anxiety - Moral Letters for Modern Times
There are more things, Deuteros, apt to worry us than there are to wound us; but we’re harmed in our heads more than by anyone else’s hand
Newsletters
The One Thing You Always Have With You (Newsletter 006)
Let us therefore set our minds in order that we may desire whatever is demanded of us by circumstances.
Moral Letters
012 - On Aging - Moral Letters for Modern Times
There is no greater pleasure than being able to look back on a life of proper thoughts and actions.
Moral Letters
011 - On Introverts - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Introversion is not something that is remedied by exposure. If anything, repeated forays out of comfortable seclusion only strengthen the desire to return to safety.
Newsletters
No, The Stoics Were Not Joyless Grouches (Newsletter 005)
Knowing the difference between wanting something, even wanting it badly, and needing it in order to feel happy, is useful in life.
Moral Letters
010 - On Attending To Yourself - Moral Letters for Modern Times
There is no one with whom you more profitably spend time than yourself.
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The Stoic Career Path
We are ambitious because we think this will bring us happiness, but we make ourselves unhappy in the pursuit of our ambitions.
Moral Letters
009 - On Friendship And Philosophy - Moral Letters for Modern Times
You are sufficient in yourself if you do not need friends for your happiness, but you need not go so far as to not want them.
Moral Letters
008 - On The Teacher’s Duty - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Just because I am alone does not mean I am wasting my hours away.
Moral Letters
007 - On Public Opinion - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Nothing is more dangerous to your reputation than exposure to public view in the circus of social media.
Moral Letters
006 - On Sharing Wisdom - Moral Letters for Modern Times
A problem shared is a problem halved.