Stoic Quotes To Strengthen Your Character - Stay Calm Always

welcome back to everyday stoic today we'll be exploring quotes to help you stop caring stop caring about the negative opinions of others stop caring about the negative situations that you're in stop allowing these thoughts to occupy your mind and ruin your chances at success death smiles at us all but all a man can do is smile back [Music] don't let your fears paralyze you into becoming a lesser version of yourself eliminate fear by confronting what you are afraid of [Music] I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid not to have lived there is no cure for

birth and death saved to enjoy the interval life has more meaning in the face of death by becoming deeply aware of our mortality we intensify our experience of every aspect of life [Music] fear is the basis of all suffering both desire and anger or manifestations of fear there itself is a creation of your mind it does not exist independently since it is a fabrication you don't have to fight it just understand it understanding is the key to freedom there will come a time in the distant future where no one will know who you were no

one will know of your existence and contributions no one will know your pain and suffering and your happiness time will wipe away both men and the memories of men let yourself be free zoom out in the grand scheme of things is this really going to affect you we can't even remember what we were doing five days ago let alone five years what matters is how you feel now if it makes you upset let it go if it feels good let it consume you a more fatty love your fate which is in fact your life human

beings want control uncertainty accepting fate means the opposite that's why it seems absurd to us [Music] fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth [Music] the thicker the skin the happier the man once you've truly controlled your own fate for better or for worse you'll never let anyone else tell you what to do many of the anxieties that harass you are superfluous expand into an amp larger letting your thoughts weep over the entire universe [Music] he who does not desire or fear the uncertainty day or the capricious fate is equal to the

gods above and loftier the mortals life is all the more precious and beautiful because it is so fleeting [Music] no amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen my life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened life is full of suffering yes why should it be otherwise embrace and your [Music] [Music] care about what other people think and you will always be there prison [Music] even if you were hurting never let your competition see the look of defeat or even vulnerability on your face experience that most

brutal of teachers but you learn my god do you learn rather than being your thoughts and emotions be the awareness behind them it takes courage to accept life fully to say yes to our life yes to our karma yes to our mind emotions and whatever else unfolds putting things off is the biggest waste of life it snatches away each day as it comes and denies as the present by promising the future [Music] why does he smile when misfortune strikes he knows it is an opportunity to cultivate virtue death loss decline these things come for is

all facing pain is how we make ready adversity sharpens the blade of will greet the test gladly and jaw does what's happened keep you from acting with justice generosity self-control sanity prudence honesty humility straightforwardness and all other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself so remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain the thing itself was no misfortune at all to endure it and prevail is great good fortune [Music] [Music] you