Positive Behaviors, Actions, Habits or Virtues for Stoics
"The qualities you can offer, then, are those that are entirely up to you: candor, dignity, endurance, indifference to pleasure, acceptance of your lot, frugality, kindness, self-reliance, unaffectedness, discretion, stateliness."
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Notebook 5.5
"Can what happened to you stop you from being fair, high-minded, moderate, conscientious, unhasty, honest, moral, self-reliant, and so on."
Meditations, Notebook 4.49
Simplicity, calmness, peace of mind, composed, practical, social, tranquility, serenity, awareness ...
All Taijiquan and Qigong teachers place strong emphasis upon character and moral development. There are many statements of codes of conduct for serious taijiquan martial artists. In my opinion, the key intellectual, philosophical, and moral sources for current Taijiquan and Qigong players are Buddhism, Taoism, TCM, and Stoicism.
My recent reading in the Summer 2023 of the Stoics includes:
The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph. By Rayan Holiday. Portfolio, 2013, 224 pages. VSCL, Hardbound.
Stillness Is the Key. By Ryan Holiday. Portfolio, 2019, 288 pages. VSCL, Hardbound.
Ego is the Enemy. By Ryan Holiday. Portfolio, 2016, 256 pages. VSCL, Hardbound.
Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius. By Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. Portfolio, 2020, 352 pages. FVRLibrary.
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living. By Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. Portfolio, 2016, 416 pages. VSCL, Hardbound.
Meditatons: The Annotated Edition. Translated, introduced and edited by Robin Waterfield. New York, Basic Books, 2021, 326 pages. Introduction, bibliography, notes, annotations. VSCL.
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living. By Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. Portfolio, 2016, 416 pages. VSCL.
How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life. By Massimo Pigliucci. 288 pages, 2013. VSCL.
The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual. By Ward Farnsworth. Goldine, 2018, 256 pages. VSCL.
How to Live a Good Life: Advice From Wise Persons
Stoicism: Bibliography, Links, Quotations, Notes
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