Explore Stoic teachings that develop discipline, clarity, and emotional resilience. These timeless principles help you ...

“What if someone told you that much of the suffering in your life was simply due to the way you think about things?” This rhetorical question opens The Pocket Stoic, written by John Sellars and ...

The terms “ancient school of philosophy” and “sweeping the culture” rarely — OK, never — appear in the same sentence, but in recent years, Stoicism, or what some call New Stoicism, has become the ...

Nancy Sherman is University Professor and a professor of philosophy at Georgetown University. She is the author of “Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience.” Stoicism is an ancient Greek ...

For the Ancient Greeks, virtue was the most important quality a person could have, and being virtuous was the absolute goal ...

Stoicism is one of the oldest schools of philosophy and has made a comeback in recent years. However, the word’s meaning has drifted away from the original philosophical meaning over time. Many ...

It’s true that the word “virtue,” with connotations of self-sacrifice and Victorian morality, can be rather off-putting. Yet, for many ancient Greeks and Romans—Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the President of Diversified, a CFP and author. When it comes to preparing for retirement, there’s no shortage of financial ...

Thirty-three-year-old Jess* (who didn’t want her real name to be used), who is currently single, explains that she has turned to Holiday’s books about Stoicism during the coronavirus pandemic in ...

Have you ever turned to music when struggling with a difficult emotion, like sadness, anxiety or anger? Most people believe that music has some therapeutic power, and that confidence is increasingly ...