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The point of stoicism isn't to make you more productive. It's not to make you richer. The Stoics believed that the purpose of the philosophy was to make you a better person. Stoicism isn't just about what it can do for you. It also asks a lot of you.

— Daily Stoic
3w ago

The truth is that virtue is not different than any other skill. You don't have it or not have it. You do it or you don't do it. And you get better at it the more you do it. This is the fundamental insight of Aristotle, that excellence is not innate. It is a habit.

3mo ago

If your muscles are a result of steroids or neglecting your other responsibilities in life. If your physique is a result of starving yourself or actively harming yourself. If you are selfish and fragile and superficial, then you are ugly even if it manifests itself in some kind of temporary physical attractiveness.

4mo ago

If your choices are beautiful, then you will be beautiful. [...] If you are selfish and fragile and superficial, then you are ugly even if it manifests itself in some kind of temporary physical attractiveness.

4mo ago

We were born to work together like feet, hands, and eyes, like two rows of teeth, upper and lower. To obstruct each other is unnatural.

6mo ago

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