4 Virtues of Stoicism
Courage...then be brave
Pitied people who have never
experienced misfortune. You have passed through life without an
opponent, No one can ever know what you are capable of, not even you.
- "Seneca"
Temperance...then moderation and sobriety
Capability is confirmed and
grows in its corresponding actions, walking by walking, and running
by running… therefore, if you want to do something, make a habit of
it. - "Epictetus"
Justice...then doing what's right
The source of all the other
virtues. - "Marcus Aurelius"
Bearing the
Cross. - "Martin Luther King Jr"
Wisdom...than truth and understanding
The
reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen
the more and talk the less. - "Zeno"
Wisdom.
The knowing. The learning. The experience required to navigate the
world.
Stoic Habits
Identify what is in your control & what is not
Work & Concern yourself
with what is in your control. The Rest, allow the cards/dice to fall
where they may.
Practice/Journal/Habit
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - "Aristotle"
As
it is not one swallow or a fine day that makes a spring, so it is not
one day or a short time that makes a man blessed and happy. -
"Aristotle"
Ever tried. Ever failed. No
matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. - "Samuel
Beckett"
Practice Misfortune
Do not spoil what you have by
desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once
among the things you only hoped for. - "Epicurus"
Moral
excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing
just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave
acts. - "Aristotle"
Happiness resides not
in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. -
"Democritus"
Train Perceptions
When you are offended at any
man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you
will forget your anger. - "Epictetus"
Throw
moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the
greatest pains. - "Democritus"
Moments in Time & Spaces
It’s not what happens to
you, but how you react to it that matters. - "Epictetus"
The
ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of
contemplation rather than upon mere survival. - "Aristotle"
Take the View from Above
There are two things a person
should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. -
"Plato"
It is hard to contend against
one’s heart’s desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at
the cost of soul. - "Heraclitus"
Memento Mori [Acceptance of Death]
Ordinary people seem not to
realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to
philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves
for dying and death. - "Socrates"
Let us
prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us
postpone nothing. Let us balance life’s books each day. … The one
who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short
of time. - "Seneca"
Dream of possible Futures, the Good & the Evil
True wisdom comes to each of
us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves,
and the world around us. - "Socrates"
Amor Fati [a Love of Fate]
He
has the most who is most content with the least. - "Diogenes"
That
one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backwards, not in
all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal
it….but love it. - "Friedrich Nietzsche"
Good
character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by
little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to
develop good character. - "Heraclitus"
Fate
is the endless chain of causation, whereby things are; the reason or
formula by which the world goes on. - "Citium Zeno"
Three relationships
with the body you inhabit
with the divine, the cause of everything in all things
with the people around you
Possibilities
To keep on living (you should be used to it by now)
To end it (it was your choice, after all)
To die (having met your obligations)
Those are the only options. Reason for optimism
God's Mercy
Knowledge of God
Experience of Joy
Self- Control
Steadfastness
Justice
Generosity
Truth
Supreme Good
Life
Light
God's Wraith
Ignorance
Sorrow
Intemperance
Lust
Injustice
Greed
Deceit
Envy
Treachery
Anger
Recklessness
Malice
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