The Beginner's Guide to Stoicism: Tools for Emotional Resilience and Positivity

by Matthew Van Natta

virtuous people are expected both to face challenges when they come and to push through resistance, if that is what virtue requires. “When you do a thing because you have determined that it ought to be done, never avoid being seen doing it, even if the opinion of the multitude is going to condemn you. For if your action is wrong, then avoid doing it altogether, but if it is right, why do you fear those who will rebuke you wrongly?” —Epictetus,

“Never call yourself a philosopher, or talk a great deal about your principles to the multitude, but act on your principles. For instance, at an entertainment, don’t talk about how people ought to eat, but eat as you ought.” —EPICTETUS,

Invest fully in the now so that when change comes, there will be no sense of loss, because you truly got all you could from the time that you had.

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