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

by Ryan Holiday

a wise person knows what’s inside their circle of control and what is outside of it.

Ask yourself: Is that really worth it? Is it really that pleasurable?

“No slavery is more disgraceful,” he quipped, “than one which is self-imposed.”

As Epictetus put it, “It is impossible for a person to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows.”

Vivere est militare. (To live is to fight.)