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The Stoics can teach you how to find a sense of purpose in life, how to face adversity, how to conquer anger within yourself, moderate your desires, experience healthy sources of joy, endure pain and illness patiently and with dignity, ...more
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Ryan Holiday
“The less you desire, the richer you are, the freer you are, the more powerful you are.”
― Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
“Only full, overhead sun
diminishes your shadow. But that shadow has been serving you!
What hurts you, blesses you.
Darkness is your candle.
Your boundaries are your quest.”
― Rumi, The Essential Rumi

Ryan Holiday
“A person who lives below their means has far more latitude than a person who can’t. That’s why Michelangelo, the artist, didn’t live as austerely as Cato but he avoided the gifts dangled by his wealthy patrons. He didn’t want to owe anyone. Real wealth, he understood, was autonomy.”
― Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

Satchidananda
“Considered a pioneer in the interfaith movement, Sri Gurudev took every opportunity to bring together people of various traditions to see the oneness in all spiritual endeavors.”
― Satchidananda, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Commentary on the Raja Yoga Sutras by Sri Swami Satchidananda

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