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Stoicism is simply a way of looking at the world that makes you happier. It's been changing people's lives for thousands of years, and it's super easy to learn. Our mission is simple: we want to share Stoic ideas in the clearest, easiest way possible. By keeping it simple, we hope that this website helps a few more people think Stoically and live happier life.
Stoic Simple Blog
23h ago
"A breathtakingly beautiful book that shows how even a tiny bit of virtue can overcome any darkness." —Dustin Brady, author of Superhero for a Day After falling from an angel's wing, a tiny feather drifts past the boundaries of Heaven and into the mortal realm below. No longer common and unnoticed, the feather kindles miraculous Read More >> ..read more
Stoic Simple Blog
23h ago
The following is a partial transcript from Phil Van Treuren's recent appearance on the Via Stoica podcast. One Stoic writer who I think everyone listening should look into — I think he's been on your show — is Donald Robertson. I wanted to make sure to mention that. He is, I think, one of the Read More >> ..read more
Stoic Simple Blog
3w ago
A poem by Phil Van Treuren Today, at last, I escape your grasp— Or rather, I choose to remove you . . . For within me were your hazards laid, Dressed up as rightness and virtue. I’ll always love your brightest facets— Sparks that forged more noble worlds; But I refuse to greet my countrymen Read More >> ..read more
Stoic Simple Blog
1M ago
The following is a partial transcript from Phil Van Treuren‘s recent appearance on the Via Stoica podcast. Phil Van Treuren: Stoicism has helped me realize that I don't necessarily have to have strong opinions about every single thing I see in the world, and I don't have to make immediate judgments. It's hard to do in today's world, Read More >> ..read more
Stoic Simple Blog
1M ago
From The Little Book of Stoic Quotes by Phil Van Treuren Listen to the author read this: “Average people think that anything helpful or harmful comes from others. Extraordinary people know that help and harm are only found within ourselves.” — Epictetus There’s nothing wrong with seeking help from others. But Epictetus reminds us that Read More >> ..read more
Stoic Simple Blog
1M ago
From The Little Book of Stoic Quotes by Phil Van Treuren Listen to the author read this: “We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” — Seneca When we let our thoughts drift away from the present, it almost always leads to less happiness. Ruminating about the past can spark bitterness and regret. Worrying about Read More >> ..read more
Stoic Simple Blog
1M ago
From The Little Book of Stoic Quotes by Phil Van Treuren Listen to the author read this: “I made a prosperous voyage when I suffered my shipwreck.” — Zeno of Citium The founder of Stoicism was a man named Zeno of Citium. He was a rich merchant, but he lost everything he owned when his Read More >> ..read more
Stoic Simple Blog
2M ago
From The Little Book of Stoic Quotes by Phil Van Treuren Listen to the author read this: “If we limited ‘good’ and ‘bad’ to only our own actions, we would have no call to challenge fate, or to treat others as enemies.” — Marcus Aurelius A toad and a mouse came upon a puddle of Read More >> ..read more
Stoic Simple Blog
2M ago
From The Little Book of Stoic Quotes by Phil Van Treuren Listen to the author read this: “We have the power to hold no opinion about a thing and to not let it upset our state of mind, for things have no natural power to shape our judgments.” — Marcus Aurelius It isn’t easy to Read More >> ..read more
Stoic Simple Blog
2M ago
From The Little Book of Stoic Quotes by Phil Van Treuren Listen to the author read this: “Concern yourself with the purpose of your actions, not their consequences; beginnings are in our power, but Fate judges the outcome. And I do not grant her verdict upon me.” — Seneca It’s just a fact of life Read More >> ..read more