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"True education is about getting the best out of oneself. What else is there? Not whether we've become more learned, but whether we've become better." - Epictetus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour." - Marcus Aurelius Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at." - Epictetus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace." - Epictetus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves." - Epictetus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Whenever externals are more important to you than your own integrity, then be prepared to serve them the remainder of your life." - Epictetus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Be like the headland, against which the waves break and break; it stands firm, until presently the watery tumult around it subsides once more to rest. 'How unlucky I am, that this should have happened to me!' By no means; say rather, 'How lucky I am, that it has left me with no bitterness; unshaken by the present, and undismayed by the future.' The thing could have happened to anyone, but not eve...

"Difficulties are things that show a person what they are." - Epictetus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured." - Seneca Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome, listeners,  to an exciting announcement from Stoicism by Robots. This Friday - December first -  marks the launch of a new addition to our podcast: the introduction of AI-generated stoic passages in our new paid episodes. While our main show delves into the profound wisdom of renowned stoics, these paid episodes will offer an entirely new experience. Our artificial intelligence will be wr...

"Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a dead man, see what’s left as a bonus and live it according to Nature. Love the hand that fate deals you and play it as your own, for what could be more fitting?" - Marcus Aurelius Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Why then are we offended? Why do we complain? This is the work of a skilled wrestler, whom fortune has brought forth as a fit antagonist, whose strength may be tried and improved by him. Must I, then, who have got such a stout and noble champion on whom to try my strength, be outdone with pleasure and pain? And how dull and unexercised must I appear, if I shrink from severity and the fire, if I c...

"Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It's not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad." - Seneca Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Every day we ought to review our actions, and every night examine ourselves as to what we have been doing. Let not sleep fall upon your eyes before you have thrice run over the events of the day. 'Where have I gone wrong? What have I done? What duty have I neglected?' Since when hast thou acted thus; review and inspect thyself." - Seneca Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

"True wealth consists in keeping the needs to a minimum." - Epictetus. Support Stoicism by Robots on Patreon and get access to new and original Stoic passages crafted by our AI's unique interpretation of Stoic principles. These passages are not mere regurgitations of old texts – they are fresh, thought-provoking, and wholly original. Learn more at www.patreon.com/StoicismByRobots . Visit www. Stoi...

"The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength." – Marcus Aurelius. Support Stoicism by Robots on Patreon and get access to new and original Stoic passages crafted by our AI's unique interpretation of Stoic principles. These passages are not mere regurgitations of old texts – they are fresh, thought-provoking, and wholly original. Learn more at www.patreon.com/StoicismByRobot...

"First, do nothing inconsiderately or without a purpose. Second, make your acts refer to nothing else but a social end." - Marcus Aurelius. Support Stoicism by Robots on Patreon and get access to new and original Stoic passages crafted by our AI's unique interpretation of Stoic principles. These passages are not mere regurgitations of old texts – they are fresh, thought-provoking, and wholly origi...

"The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, because an artful life requires being prepared to meet and withstand sudden and unexpected attacks." - Marcus Aurelius. Support Stoicism by Robots on Patreon and get access to new and original Stoic passages crafted by our AI's unique interpretation of Stoic principles. These passages are not mere regurgitations of old texts – they are fresh,...

"Wherever a man is, he can find a place to practice the virtues of self-control, honesty, perseverance, duty, prudence, even under the most hostile conditions. Each sin and evil thing is the result of ignorance and of teaching one's self that profit, gain, or pleasure can come by way of ignorance." - Zeno of Citium. Support Stoicism by Robots on Patreon and get access to new and original Stoic pas...

"Let us prepare our minds as if we'd come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life's books each day. The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time." - Seneca Support Stoicism by Robots on Patreon and get access to new and original Stoic passages crafted by our AI's unique interpretation of Stoic principles. These passages are not...

"Plant yourself not in the shadows of your teachers, but in their footprints, and seek not to follow the masters in function, but in form, not in identity but in manner, not in the specific tasks and aims they had, but in the general principles, systems, and philosophies they used." - Musonius Rufus. Support Stoicism by Robots on Patreon and get access to new and original Stoic passages crafted by...

"Do not be ashamed of help. It is our part to do what is in our control. The rest? None of our business." - Marcus Aurelius Support Stoicism by Robots on Patreon and get access to new and original Stoic passages crafted by our AI's unique interpretation of Stoic principles. These passages are not mere regurgitations of old texts – they are fresh, thought-provoking, and wholly original. Learn more...

“Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions." - Epictetus. Support Stoicism by Robots on Patreon and get access to new and original Stoic passages crafted by our AI's uni...

"Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today." - Seneca. Support Stoicism by Robots on Patreon and get access to new and original Stoic passages crafted by our AI's unique interpretation of Stoic principles. These passages are not mere regurgitations of old texts – they are fresh, thought-provoking, and wholly original. Learn more at www.patreon.com/...

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." - Marcus Aurelius. Support Stoicism by Robots on Patreon and get access to new and original Stoic passages crafted by our AI's unique interpretation of Stoic principles. These passages are not mere regurgitations of old texts – they are fresh, thought-provoking, and wholly origi...