The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

by Ryan Holiday

What if, where others were upset, envious, excited, possessive, or greedy, you were objective, calm, and clearheaded?

So, when a person loses their composure it isn’t their skills and virtues that are troubled, but the spirit in which they exist, and when that spirit calms down so do those things.”

Curb your desire—don’t set your heart on so many things and you will get what you need.”

“Don’t set your heart on so many things,” says Epictetus.