Robert

“MODERN POLITICS presents another obstacle to the acceptance of Stoicism. The world is full of politicians who tell us that if we are unhappy it isn’t our fault. To the contrary, our unhappiness is caused by something the government did to us or is failing to do for us.”
― William B. Irvine, A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

“Thus, essentially every aspect of your childhood—good, bad, or in between—factors over which you had no control, sculpted the adult brain you have”
― Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

“Again, my goal isn’t to convince you that there’s no free will; it will suffice if you merely conclude that there’s so much less free will than you thought that you have to change your thinking about some truly important things.”
― Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

“In addition to responsibility, Alcoholics Anonymous emphasizes “rigorous honesty” as a central precept of its philosophy, and these ideas go together. The fourth of AA’s 12 Steps requires members to take a “searching and fearless moral inventory,” in which the individual considers his or her character defects and how they have contributed to a problem.”
― Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence