Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 5.16: Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions." You can view your brain/mind as any

Epictetus, Discourses, 4.1.128b-129a: "Anyone who can be restricted, coerced, or pushed into something against what they will is a slave." Living without restriction is a component of stoic

Seneca, Moral Letters, 114.24: "A king that is....an uncontrolled, desire-fueled, over-indulged soul is turned from a king into that most feared and detested thing--a tyrant." Absolute power

Epictetus, Discourses, 2.5-4.5 "The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have

I've learned about a way of looking at life that will make me happier over the long term. This blog will aim to use my experiences as a doctor to practice a stoic philosophy and through that hope to help