{"id":78318,"date":"2022-08-29T22:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T02:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=78318"},"modified":"2022-09-12T12:27:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T16:27:46","slug":"the-daily-stoic-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-daily-stoic-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Stoic Quotes That Will Motivate and Inspire You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you looking for <em>The Daily Stoic<\/em> quotes? Do you want to get a quick snapshot of the book&#8217;s principles?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>The Daily Stoic, <\/em>Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman share insights from the ancient Stoic philosophers on how you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/living-a-good-life\/\">live a good life<\/a>. At the core of Stoicism is the belief that the cardinal virtues\u2014self-control, courage, justice, and wisdom\u2014are the source of internal stability and the measure of a good life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading for a few quotes from the book that are sure to provoke thought and perhaps even action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-daily-stoic-quotes\"><em>The Daily Stoic<\/em> Quotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve selected five <em>The Daily Stoic<\/em> quotes and presented them along with a bit of context and explanation to help you know what the authors were getting at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cGetting upset is like continuing the dream while you\u2019re awake. The thing that provoked you wasn\u2019t real\u2014but your reaction was. And, so, from the fake comes real consequences. Which is why you need to wake up right now instead of creating a nightmare.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Emotions can cloud your thinking. Anger, for instance, can affect your attention and your judgment, causing you to fixate on the object of your anger and assume bad intentions where there are none. To the authors, Stoics view anger as an unproductive emotion that never leads to the best outcome. Such emotions undermine your clarity of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt may take some hard work. But, the more you say no to the things that don\u2019t matter, the more you can say yes to the things that do.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Stoic thinkers reasoned that <em>time<\/em> is one of our most valuable possessions. We have a limited allotment of it that can\u2019t be renewed, and each moment brings us closer to death. Therefore, they suggested that we treat time with the value it deserves\u2014don\u2019t give it away without getting something of value in return. The authors suggest, for example, that you say <em>no <\/em>to most requests on your time. Social gatherings and meetings rarely provide enough benefit for the time you spend on them, as they see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cControl your perceptions. Direct your actions properly. Willingly accept what\u2019s outside your control.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A central Stoic principle is that you can\u2019t control anything except the way you think. This belief lies at the core of Stoicism&#8217;s philosophy of viewing life and underpins all their practices. You <em>can\u2019t <\/em>control external circumstances such as the actions of another person, the state of the economy, or whether you get sick or injured, but you <em>can <\/em>control how you view or understand those things with your <em>mind<\/em>. In this way, the Stoics argue that <em>reason<\/em> is your main tool for controlling your view of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" id=\"h-we-re-not-as-smart-and-as-wise-as-we-d-like-to-think-we-are-if-we-ever-do-want-to-become-wise-it-comes-from-questioning-and-from-humility-not-as-many-would-like-to-think-from-certainty-mistrust-and-arrogance\"><p>&#8220;We\u2019re not as smart and as wise as we\u2019d like to think we are. If we ever do want to become wise, it comes from questioning and from humility\u2014not, as many would like to think, from certainty, mistrust, and arrogance.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The first piece of Stoic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wise-words-to-live-by\/\">advice for living<\/a> wisely is to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/humility-and-kindness\/\">humble and kind<\/a>. To see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/practical-value\/\">practical value<\/a> of humility, consider those who aren\u2019t humble\u2014those who have an inflated opinion of themselves or who are convinced they <em>deserve<\/em> all the good things in life. People with this attitude are at risk of a more catastrophic fall when things <em>do<\/em> go wrong or when they misstep. Those who are humble, by contrast, don\u2019t have far to fall, so they\u2019re less prone to being devastated when things go wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cMost of us are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-conquer-the-fear-of-death\/\">afraid of dying<\/a>. But sometimes this fear begs the question: To protect what exactly? For a lot of people, the answer is hours of television, gossiping, gorging, wasting potential, reporting to a boring job, and on and on and on. Except, in the strictest sense, is this actually a life? Is this worth gripping so tightly and being afraid of losing? It doesn\u2019t sound like it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>To the Stoics, your time should be used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/build-your-character\/\">build your character<\/a> and live virtuously in the world. 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