The Stoic Magazine Library

Life calculated and “integrated” in a Stoic manner may truly be the most satisfying of all. Can’t we just call it a pleasure?

Excerpts from Ron Pies’ new book The Anatomy of Gratitude, which synthesizes the ideas about gratitude from three traditions: Judaism, Buddhism, and Stoicism. https://amzn.to/3QPaS4e

Four Stoic strategies for handling adversity: Fearlessness, pereseverence, endurance, and perspective

How we start, spend, and end each day will have universal themes. When in doubt, remind yourself that Stoicism is oſten more simple than you may realize: do your best to act appropriately.

If we learn to consider playing our parts well to be our proper goal, a lot of the adversities of life become much more manageable.

Stoicism calls for us to live our lives unafraid of facing adversity. Because though we may struggle, it is in the struggling that we learn.

If we look at examples and teachings provided by the classic Stoics, indifference to others isn’t remotely how they would suggest we deal with their travails and difficulties.

Excerots from Ron Pies’ new book The Anatomy of Gratitude, which synthesizes the ideas about gtatitude from three traditions: Judaism, Buddhism, and Stoicism. https://amzn.to/3QPaS4e

Massimo Pigliucci, a member of our advisory board turned sixty recently. Looking back at his life, he identifies nine life lessons he has learned.

One of the great things about Stoicism is that it gives you agency over your own life.

By releasing guilt like an old piece of luggage and embracing the lessons we learn from our experiences, we can discover the valuable giſt hidden within our mistakes.

When we feel guilty for something, we need to take it as a signal to analyze our judgments.

For us non-sages, we are going to fail sometimes, feel bad about that, and then hopefully use that bad feeling to steer us away from that failing.

Emotions are messengers. They are a source of inner wisdom that provides us with information about our experiences and the actions we need to take.