Below are the best resources we could find on Stoicism and inner peace.
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Stoicism is a potent ancient philosophy that remains extremely important in today’s age.
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Can Stoicism teach us how to live? A lot of people seem to think so. They identify as “modern Stoics,” a movement that has gained traction over the past two decades, with thousands of members now congregating online and off to practice a self-help version of the philosophical life.
Epictetus is one of the key Stoic figures and is best known from "The Enchiridion" or "Handbook of Epictetus," a short manual of Stoic ethical advice compiled by Arrian, and from the "Discourses of Epictetus." Epictetus' teachings are central to Stoicism. Stoicism is a practical philosophy.
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
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The Handbook is a guide to the good life. It answers the question, “How can we be good and live free and happy, no matter what else is happening around us?” It is a concise summary of the teachings of Epictetus, as transcribed and later summarized by his student Flavius Arrian.
The first line of Epictetus’ manual of ethical advice, the Enchiridion—“Some things are in our control and others not”—made me feel that a weight was being lifted off my chest.
Stoicism is a philosophy worked out in Ancient Greece and Rome thousands of years ago, but it remains hugely relevant to our own times: it offers us ways of learning how to cope with anxiety, fear and the dread of losing money, status and love.
Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.
The essence of perennial Stoic wisdom in aphorisms of stunning insight and simplicity. The West's first and best little instruction book offers thoroughly contemporary and pragmatic reflections on how best to live with serenity and joy.
The Stoics bring forth the theme of self-control on a regular basis. Epictetus, for example, spoke about abstaining from talking about vulgar things, and Marcus Aurelius points out that we should set limits to comfort and consumption.
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The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
