Quote of the day

 "What is your profession? To be a good person."- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Quote of the day

 From Right Thing, Right Now: Good Values, Good Character, Good Deeds by Ryan Holiday

[E]ach time we deceive or break faith, we undermine the public trust - we make it hard for people to trust each other.

But the converse is also true: Each time we keep our word, we make a deposit, we add a strand to the rope that binds the world together.

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 "The habit of dwelling on victimhood dulls the impulse of self-correction. Since the nation is defined by its inherent virtue rather than by its future potential, politics becomes a discussion of good and evil rather than a discussion of possible solutions to real problems." - Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

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"[S]lowing down reactions and judgements leads to a response that is more rational than instinctive. This can be very much to our benefit, the benefit of the other person and the benefit of society as a whole. We need fewer angry, reactive people in the world, not more." - Brigid Delaney, Reasons Not to Worry: How to be a Stoic in Chaotic Times: A Practical Guide to Stoicism for Self-Improvement and Personal Growth

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"Ancient philosophers believed achieving ataraxia created an emotional homeostasis, where the effect wouldn't just be a more stable base-level mood, but one that would, they hoped, flow out to the people around you." - Brigid Delaney, Reasons Not to Worry: How to be a Stoic in Chaotic Times: A Practical Guide to Stoicism for Self-Improvement and Personal Growth

Delaney defines in the preceding passage ataraxia as "a lucid state of robust equanimity characterized by ongoing freedom from distress and worry."