Right Thing, Right Now Quotes

“Freedom is essential…but the most essential freedom is the freedom from fear. Our job is to fight to make sure the vulnerable are protected and can live without fear. Because they are us and we are them.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“Let’s do what we can. Let’s be a small light in a dark world.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“Our job is to try to save the world, and failing that, we can at least try to not be part of the problem.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“Mentor. Patron. Sponsor. Ally. Teacher. Master. Guru. Inspiration. There are so many names for it…because it’s a role defined by so many different roles. But what matters is that we are the candle that lights another, which lights another, which lights another. Because through this whole worlds are illuminated, delivered from darkness.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“Each time we keep our word, we make a deposit,”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing. Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“We will regret many things in this life. But we’ll never regret being the kind of person who keeps their word.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing. Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“Taking the time to share the knowledge that you've gained is also a form of giving.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“Earlier in this Stoic Virtues series, we defined courage as putting our ass on the line, and self-discipline as getting your ass in line.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“It’s not just a rule, it’s a way of living. The Stoics said we should try to see every person we meet as an opportunity for kindness. This is a wonderful change in perspective. It transforms daily life, as challenging and noxious as it can be, into a series of chances, one after another, to be nice, to do something nice, to be considerate, to make a positive difference. It doesn’t matter that we’re tired. That we’re busy. That we were ourselves just treated with unkindness. Respond with kindness. Err on the side of compassion. Do the helpful thing.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“Let us not prolong our difficulties. Let us not shirk our obligations. Eventually, we’ll have to do the right thing—make the changes, make the apology, make the hard decision, make the first move. So why not just get it over with? We’ll have to pay the price at some point. So let’s start making the payments. Not later. But right now.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“The virtue of a person is measured not by his outstanding efforts but by his everyday behavior. —Blaise Pascal”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“Virtue is something we do.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for sensual pleasures, nothing for comfort or praise or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believed to be right,” a British scholar had warned of Gandhi. “He is a dangerous and uncomfortable enemy because his body which you can always conquer gives you so little purchase of his soul.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“Who we choose to be affects more than just us. It ripples out into the world.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“no one ever became poor by giving.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“But this is what the ancients would have told us, that nothing good results from trying to chase down gratitude or recognition for what you’ve done. “When you’ve done well and another has benefited by it, why like a fool do you look for a third thing on top—credit for the good deed or a favor in return?” Marcus Aurelius would ask himself.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“Whistleblowing is an aggressive form of truth-telling, speaking up with a twist of personal or professional risk. It becomes necessary when one has discovered a lie or a fraud, when one has witnessed or been the victim of some foul deed that the world does not know about. You’d think that this kind of courage would be appreciated, but it isn’t. While we sometimes come to respect and admire whistleblowers long after the fact, more often than not they are doubted, pressured, criticized, and attacked.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing. Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“for all the lip service we pay to the truth, in fact, honesty is often a radical, even dangerous act. It may well be one of the rarest things in the world.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing. Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“Epictetus, the slave whose philosophy so influenced Marcus, dismissed competition to achieve the highest rank or the biggest fortune or the most beautiful skin. These are superficial, meaningless metrics.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing. Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“Courage, bravery, endurance, fortitude, honor, sacrifice… Temperance, self-control, moderation, composure, balance… Justice, fairness, service, fellowship, goodness, kindness… Wisdom, knowledge, education, truth, self-reflection, peace…”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“A man’s reach should exceed his grasp…”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

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― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World