For centuries, all sorts of people—generals and politicians, athletes and coaches, writers and leade
On April 24th 1924, the pioneer writer Laura Ingalls Wilder got a note that he mother, aged 84, had
Acceptance? Resignation? That’s not me, we say, when we hear the Stoics preach those concepts. I nev
The old joke--which dates back to the 1870s--is that if you’re not a liberal when you’re young you h
In 1940, while he was struggling as an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel H
There is an element of this philosophy that is a lot of work. You do all this reading. You do your m
One of the most stunning things about Anne Frank’s diary is how indefatigably happy it is. One might
“It’s unfortunate that this happened,” Marcus says in one of his imaginary dialogs. Then he corrects
The line from George Bernard Shaw was that “all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” He isn’t
One of the most misleading things about our world today is the increased sense of comfort we feel. Y
Humble people worry less than the arrogant. Why is that? Because they aren’t so conceited as to thin
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was given a little piece of advice on her wedding day by her mother in law: "In
Remember that Stoicism isn’t about judging other people. It’s not a moral philosophy you’re supposed
Today you might find yourself dealing with something tough. Stuck in a new situation. Hit with a sit
There is a harshness and a hardness to the Stoics. But there is also a softness and a grace, the vel
There’s no way around the fact that the Stoics talked about suicide. A lot. To the Stoics, suicide w
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