Moral Letters
038 - On A Good Talk - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Give me persons of any age who have made their own choice to learn, not because anyone compels them to, but because they believe it will bring them something of value.
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
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037 - On Keeping Your Promise - Moral Letters for Modern Times
It should give you pause to consider that the great many who think themselves in possession of their faculties are in fact being mindlessly swept along.
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036 - On Defining Your Own Success - Moral Letters for Modern Times
To follow your own mind, especially when it directs a course that goes against all others, is the greatest achievement.
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035 - On Like Minds - Moral Letters for Modern Times
The coward looks on and says all is good; it is the hero who says your ship is veering off course. Watch carefully your instinct to reward the first one and punish the second.
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034 - On A Successor's Success - Moral Letters for Modern Times
If the sincere student is not ready, the teacher is not done.
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033 - On Instagram-Worthy Quotes - Moral Letters for Modern Times
You mustn’t take the headline for the whole of the message, but rather read on.
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032 - On Continuous Improvement - Moral Letters for Modern Times
The steady progress we make by never stopping is a gift that compounds. Step by step, you pull away, and the crowd can never catch you.
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031 - On The Value Of Work - Moral Letters for Modern Times
The true value of work is when it brings you not possessions, but self-possession, and knowledge of what is worth pursuing and what can be safely cast aside.
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030 - On Reaping What Has Been Sown - Moral Letters for Modern Times
For all the time that we spend worrying about things that may never happen, how much do we contemplate the one thing we can be sure of?
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029 - On Easy Lessons - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Everywhere we turn, we are confronted with the incredible shrinking attention span.
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028 - On Traveling To Change - Moral Letters for Modern Times
What does it matter how many miles you put on your shoes if you do not first orient yourself in the desired direction?
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027 - On Things Of Lasting Value - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Not all appreciate that hard work and sacrifice are not just the price for rewards, but a necessary precondition for valuing them.