Always Be Assessing Your Reason
Don’t just take your reason at face value. Double-check it against your community, against your neighbor. Assess your reason, always.
Reflections on individual entries in “The Daily Stoic” by Ryan Holiday.
Don’t just take your reason at face value. Double-check it against your community, against your neighbor. Assess your reason, always.
Why do we try so hard to impress silly people with fancy clothes, expensive possessions, and outrageous behavior? Why not try to impress yourself instead?
Shit is going to hit the fan, eventually. Things are going to fall apart. Having a plan helps you react with tranquility and confidence.
Sometimes we pay more (in time or money) for things that aren’t worth it. Other times, we don’t pay enough. The key is knowing the difference.
Who watches the watchmen? If reason is your most powerful ability — what are the forces that influence it, and how can you learn about them?
As it turns out, freedom is actually free. Because it comes from the inside and is bestowed at birth, not granted to you by an external force.
Studying philosophy is all well and great, but eventually you need to get out there and live your life. That’s how you’ll test to see if you’ve absorbed anything you’ve learned or not.
Fight against greed with everything you have — it will straitjacket your soul and distort your judgment.
Education doesn’t come from inside a classroom. It’s not signified by a fancy degree.
You might think you need a retreat at the beach, the forest, the mountains. But peace can be found anywhere, because it comes from within.