Stoicism for Beginners

happiness is best found in being content within the present moment and that apprehensive dependence on the happenings of the future should be avoided.

emotions are not right or wrong, they are only felt.

you can allow yourself to feel whatever emotions that naturally come to you without giving yourself the impression that there is something wrong with you.

“Men are disturbed not by events, but by their opinions about events.”

This is divorced from the true nature of stoicism because a true stoic is genuinely indifferent to pleasure, fear, or pain.

and therefore anyone who strived for the highest virtue would find lasting happiness and would be emotionally resilient in the face of any misfortunes.

One of the more primary and important tenets of stoic philosophy is the emphasis that it places on the present moment, that moment being the one thing that one should accept in order to find true happiness. There is also emphasis placed on not letting one’s actions be determined by the desire for pleasure and or the fear of any pain

is always much wiser to give thanks for the thing that you do have that to grieve over the things that you do not have.

good stoic is always ready at a moment’s notice to lend a helping hand to anyone in need.

a person should avoid caring about what others think of him or her excessively.