54 Stoic Truths For Life

[@samhoffman4339]

I have cancer. They give me one to two years to live. I have been so pissed off at everything. Stoicism has made me realize and fortunate for all the people and experiences I have left to enjoy. I hope everyone will realize what they will miss if they worry about the mundane things and don’t enjoy the total picture.

[@kylebization]

So sorry for your diagnosis. Maybe you are facing this challenge because it is your destiny to beat it. I’m glad it has given you occasion to be grateful for each moment. I’ll take from that lesson as well. Thank you for sharing this difficult ordeal and I wish you courage and the best of luck.

[@andresluna351]

Thank you for your words❤ good luck my friends

[@imnavinjoseph]

Discipline 1. Does this matter? 2. Own the Morning 3. Stop having Opinion 4. Say No 5. Stop wanting so much stuff 6. Is this in my control? 7. You are the product of your choices 8. Stop arguing what a good person is like and start being one 9. Don’t be a slave 10. Tolerant with others, strict with yourself 11. Perfection is paralysis 12. Focus on process, not outcomes Resilience 1. Difficult things are good for you 2. Meditate on your mortality every day 3. What am I missing by choosing to worry or be afraid? 4. You can laugh or you can cry 5. Don’t suffer imagined troubles 6. Are you doing your job? 7. It takes always longer than you think 8. Find a way to love everything that happens 9. Will this be alive or dead time? 10. You're going to meet shitty people 11. The grudge you are holding is meaningless 12. Prepare for Life's inevitable setbacks Wisdom 1. If I am not for me, Who is? If I am only for me, who am I? 2. It's not that you read, it's what you read 3. Who are you spending time with? 4. You can't learn that which you already know 5. Study the lives of the greats 6. Ask yourself, "is this essential?" 7. What does your ideal day look like? 8. You cant be successful, if you haven't defined what success is 9. Who is this for? 10. Learn something from everyone Perspective 1. What is the most important thing? 2. You're not that important 3. Look for the poetry in ordinary things 4. You can't escape change 5. Value time more than money and possessions 6. Always choose "alive time" 7. You will be forgotten 8. Associate only with people that make you better 9. Forgive, forgive, forgive 10. Every person is an opportunity for kindness 11. To do wrong to one is to do wrong to yourself Stillness 1. You're paying too close of attention 2. Stop having an opinion 3. What is the meaning of life? 4. Is this who I want to be? 5. Shut up 6. To be or to do? 7. You're weak if you loose your temper 8. This is what you trained for 9. Accept success without arrogance, handle failure with indifference

[@marymagdalene1212]

Thank you for this 🙏

[@angeliktusv2280]

Legend!

[@esther.f.g]

thank you

[@alfviktor.101]

Awesome!

[@Yokipepolewhosuck]

Thank you!

[@educationalramblings6826]

Ryan is touching many lives .... I just hope he is making sure to keep his balance and be very present for his wife and kids

[@aeh323]

Getting cancer was an incredible lesson on what was really important

[@Nategrey0981]

One of the best videos on the internet. This is the kind of video you watch multiple times

[@daytona712]

This guy is such a high performer . I dont know how he manages to do all these things and still have a good youtube channel 😅

[@nualafaolin7129]

Impressive yes, but most of this video is a compilation of lots of previously released material, not created from scratch. He’s a smart worker, not a superhuman one! 😄And having coworkers doing the editing helps…

[@joemorton9217]

Been watching your videos for the past couple days and I’ve been learning alot about stoicism. I think God past the torch to you to carry it and you seem to be carrying it wisely. Thanks for sharing the wisdom and help build instead of destroy. Love you brother 💖🙏💖.

[@leannmcgee8535]

All I know is this man helps me a lot and I am very thankful for him!

[@helodor]

I can't stop listening these words and buying books he is recommending. Thank you, Ryan. You are a true human being.

[@buddhiram1591]

That's why I love Buddha's words on this question "Does it matter?" In Kalama Sutta, he gave ten analytical logic to analyze before we believe and accept what we hear from the people, teachers, books, masters, social media influencers, or the gods we believe in. He said true knowledge comes from being aware of our own emotions and the needs of those around us. He doesn't say not to listen to others; he encourages us to listen to others but strongly analyze the words we hear from our rational, logical, and analytical minds.

[@educationalramblings6826]

All over my classroom walls I had the Buddha quote, "believe nothing no matter where you have read it or who was said it even if I've said it. Unless it agrees with your own reason and common Sense."

[@vincewhite5087]

When I lost my dog , (although we only had him 6 years) it hit me hard, because I also felt I had failed him some how,

[@thechangingtimes]

Deepest condolences on the loss of your doggie 🐶🫶… they are are perfect “stoics”

[@freedhommepodcast]

R.i.p bully 17years 🐕‍🦺🐾🕊️

[@codenamecatatonic8894]

Ryan.. wow.. “you can’t change your friends, but you can change your friend.” I just made it back from around the block 😂& ran into myself . 🤟

[@MYTHFROMNATURE]

Thank you, Sir

[@CharBearBlbpmassagestherapy]

That was the biggest thing in the fire department. Know your job. Do your job. No one else is doing their job, but you are doing your job.

[@nanaasodjoa1765]

Goldmine of Material’s: Ryan your insightful information on Stoical is timely and helpful teaching’s. Soo simple and impactful. Superb and Noble work! Stay golden stay blessed ✌️❤️🙏

[@susanpadilla4975]

Reading stoic principles has somehow changed my perceptions in life.

[@kaceykelly7222]

Ryan needs to give a mandatory course to all our politicians! If they followed advice of getting along, getting the most important things done daily, and embracing challenges as opportunities to do great things, them they get paid!? 😊

[@richardlouis1284]

Absolutely 💯

[@kimgardner6540]

Can you do an episode on temperance? I struggle balancing temperance with justice and things that are "normal". Eg: when someone takes the path of least resistance instead of doing things well.

[@Sirshort123]

Finally a video about Stoicism with actually well thought out, well articulated, and concise breakdowns of concepts. This is a fantastic video that I will be listening to over and over occasionally, so I can keep absorbing the info, reminding myself, and keeping myself grounded.

[@stoicinsights-t6z]

This video offers timeless Stoic wisdom, reminding us to focus on what truly matters, control our reactions, and embrace life's challenges with resilience and purpose

[@emmadempsey4089]

"Prepare for life's setbacks"/"think unpleasant thoughts" seems in opposition to me to "Don't suffer imagined troubles"

[@Persistence_run_444]

He explains this difference. Planning for it, isn’t suffering.

[@jennysimmonds6540]

Accept new information... The uncomfortable feeling will inevitably pass

[@atirador31]

Thanks!

[@yamil2k3]

thanks

[@menteyvidalibre]

Muchas Gracias Ryan !

[@thiswasme5452]

🧘‍♂️ 1. Doest it actually Matter ? 2. Own the Morning. 3. Stop having an openion. 4. Say No ( alot ). 5. Stop wanting so much things. 6. Is this in my Control? 7. You are the product of your habits. 8. Stop arguing about what a good person is like. 9. You are a slave to... 10. Tolerance with others, strict with yourself. 11. Perfection is paralysis. 12. Focus on process not outcomes. 13. Difficult things are Good for you. 14. Meditate on your mortality every day. 15. What am I missing by choosing to worry or be afraid? 16. You can laugh or you can cry. 17. Don't suffer imagined Troubles. 18. Are you doing your "job" ? 19. It always takes longer than you think. 20. Find a way to love everything that happens. 21. Will this be alive or dead time ? 22. You are gonna meet shitty people. 23. The grudge you are holding is meaningless. 24. Prepare for lifes inevitable setback. 25. If I am not for me, who is ? If I am only for me, who am I ? 26. It's not that you read, It's what you read. 27. Who are you spending time with ? 28. You can't learn that which you think you know.

[@mcgritty8842]

Ryan Holiday for office!

[@maryiuvone3157]

Definitely 😊

[@davidmitchell6873]

He seems to an ethical man with integrity. People like that don't last in politics.

[@jonfibonacci]

You should read his latest book. You might change your mind lol we don't need woke people in office (: respectfully.

[@ZelenoJabko]

Ryan Holiday on holiday

[@scottyknows1566]

Nah dudes voting for Harris he's so knowledgeable about stoicism but knows shit about politics. 😢 Unfortunately.

[@mikeelopez7202]

I love this! Great reminder from time to time. It helps a lot to get you back on track when life blows you off course. hehe. Super grateful for your work Ryan Holiday!

[@johnroman4608]

This is an Education ! 🎉

[@fayem1336]

Great message! Thank you!

[@likesgood]

really grateful. all killer no filler. will be rewatched. like re reading your books. great for every river.

[@ФокусникАртемНежута]

i follow this calm guy because of his many rock T-shirts!

[@paavoviuhko7250]

Thanks for this summation. I appreciate the offering. Much of what I have been reading. I am in Seneca's 124 letters on ethics right now. I just received two books on the complete works of Epictetus. And I have an older translation of Marcus Aurelius. I have a general interest in the whole range of philosophy not just Stoicism. I would not want to label myself a Stoic. I have questions about some of the teachings. They don't really show an openness to the kind of optimism to solitude that drives my spirit but I do have a strong love for most of their teachings. Seneca didn't accept all the fundamental teachings either. But the spirit is wonderful.

[@solarino9603]

I'd love to hear more about this openness to the optimism to solitude. Do you think they paint solitude as a bad thing when it isn't?

[@paavoviuhko7250]

@@solarino9603 I find my own solitude very profitable but Seneca wrote that solitude encourages every fault in us, that it's better to retreat into a crowd if you're not a virtuous person. Not for me, thanks.

[@solarino9603]

@@paavoviuhko7250 I see, I feel the same way! I wonder what led Seneca to believe that

[@krumbergify]

Fantastic summary of the wisdom from this channel!

[@truthBtold2]

RESLIENCE? 😮

[@yaxyekoraad-ub3nu]

Amazing video

[@chaimaechaimae8031]

Amazing !

[@toscabrutus1781]

Goeie Video!

[@stevenbawtinheimer3790]

Deep stuff

[@FrancisJamesir]

the book that changed everything for me was Magnetic Aura from Borlest

[@drscragin]

There are several duplicates in there. The first I noticed was #3 & 47.

[@rahulradhakrishnan5591]

Great work as always!

[@laotouthinking9090]

great video

[@cabie58]

Thanks, Ryan Much needed reminders today

[@chefman1966]

No matter how many times I've heard you say these things, it's always good to get a refresher course.

[@johnmclaughlin9674]

Love you’re content wish I had this in my twenties

[@handingoutmangos]

I would really love for this to be subtitled in Spanish. My mom would love to hear this but unfortunately she only speaks in spanish

[@leannmcgee8535]

The more I listen to Ryan, the more I like Ryan!

[@no_one514]

8:47am 9-9-24

[@Bkesal14]

This is one I'll be watching time and time again to fully absorb the wealth of insight here!

[@Clearfully]

^ A Special Human. Thank You for The Wisdom.

[@claudvlogs]

I needed this today, thank you Ryan, for being our teacher

[@avx4281]

Thank u Ryan. A great start for the day.

[@maryiuvone3157]

Thank you Ryan. 😊

[@videodima]

*Resilience

[@BeatriceKeva]

read the forbidden book Magnetic Aura on Borlest, and you'll see the secrets they're keeping from us.

[@firangizhuseynli]

Very inspiring! Thanks for such an insightful video!

[@Brandononelove]

Right?

[@TraderJu]

Appreciate your consistency

[@simonrobinson1317]

Absolutely wonderful 🙏🏻 thank you, Ryan!

[@Pieman29666]

I feel like if i embrace change fully, i wont be able to get attached to anything and become a weird psycho drifter xD Whats the solution there?

[@cobaincowboy7029]

Get attached to Jesus

[@CaraMyBeloved]

Balance.

[@Troelslychau]

What do stoics think about psychedelics drugs? Is that cheating? Taking the easy route? Or is it just simple something they abstain from?

[@NotNoseBlind]

“the people you spend time with, are they gonna make you better or worse”

[@tadiqshahid4625]

Atomic Advice, Ryan! This helped me make it through my nihilistic early 20s.

[@darrellogilvie]

Thank you

[@apian29]

thanks again ryan

[@EmmanuelMapili-fb2yi]

Thank you for the encouragement

[@DanS1]

Great video!!! Saving this to my favorites. Will be rewatching

[@vesebeteg1]

7:17 Maybe it's for a reason but I miss an I in Resilience.

[@robertpotter3578]

Not you 😊 “Reslience”

[@PeterAlanA1234567890]

U RoCK!! Thanks

[@atbxoxo]

using his supposedly dead dog for a plug sheesh

[@danieljohnsopardenilla997]

My favorite Stoic advice is to use Sundays for Dogs.

[@jeanhenrique8427]

well done ad, I might add. could've been shorter, tho, killed the vibe

[@Digitalizedx]

I love these even tho I’ve seen repeats got to keep listening

[@Superleggeraa]

1:40 his father and several siblings die in a plane crash and that is a trivial thing that doesn't matter? Yet you follow on with people matter?

[@Coachgerri]

Out of context

[@dominickraimo2411]

For us older folks:"out of the mouth of babes." Amazing young man. Nicely done.

[@winkleschool]

F 'n

[@joni1]

✔️

[@johnctatum3999]

I'm sure it's a lot easier for an emperor and a successful author and KZbinr to talk about not needing anything and equating wealth to being satisfied with what you have. Those of us out here struggling to pay rent and afford basics on the other hand... We have to work a lot harder at that to say the least.

[@dylanshirkey2800]

Where does Epictetus (former slave) fall into this? Or, even better, Zeno (lost everything in shipwreck)?

[@fizzboompop]

you do realize ryan was not born a successful author and youtuber. he worked diligently to get there. the practices he’s offering and surfacing are a roadmap for success that you can follow too. nothing will be handed to you unless you were born rich - and look at how those folks often turn out. the most ethically sound well off people i know are self made and got there with focus and hard work.

[@chudejideonwo825]

I didn’t know Ryan was born a successful author and KZbinr 😎

[@johnctatum3999]

@@chudejideonwo825 that doesn't mean he hasn't let it get to his head and let it cloud his perception of what life is like for the rest of us... And that's certainly true for an emperor of Rome lol

[@jekyll9786]

we will soon go through with our dog what you had to and i'm sure you know how heartbreaking it is. then you turned it into a dog food commercial and cheapened the whole thing. How insulting!. couldn't you have put your ad in somewhere else?

[@davidzack8735]

I felt just the same way. Unusual and unworthy of Ryan to cheapen himself in this way.

[@graceberreyesa5561]

So many ads 😔

[@dimsun3039]

Thx Ryan and thx to the stoics.

[@JohnTanquary]

Hugely preferable content and delivery to the recent spate of AI-genrated videos and their off-the-shelf quotes delivered by a deep hyper-masculine voice.

[@basilharrison3071]

Reslience?

[@mrosacci]

Perfection is paralysis, 😊

[@sportlams]

Unveiling Your Hidden Potential by Bruce Thornwood(thank me later)

[@Fedor526]

I would like to thank you now but I can't find it anywhere haha

[@Divyv520]

Hey Daily , really nice video ! I was wondering if I could help you with more Quality Editing in your videos and also make a highly engaging Thumbnail and also help you with the overall youtube strategy and growth ! Pls let me know what do you think ?

[@Maximus_Naughtius]

Why so many ads ? Aren't you already earning from books and everything?

[@jmcampbell05]

DOes anyone know why your comments might only be seeable once you've hit "comooent"?

[@freedomworks3976]

Vote for the business man not the politician

[@chezzmixchezzira7722]

You're not really following the keys of Stoicism. Additionally, Trump is comparable to Nero, as Ryan explains in one of his newer videos. It's a moot point now, I suppose.

[@ophirmayer1]

Contradiction : don't worry about stuff AND prepare for the worst?!

[@tonyantonioli5655]

Preparation does not necessarily mean worrying. Example, you invest your extra money into the market so that you can retire and not have to work when your body becomes weak. You are actively preparing but not actively worrying. I have found that some of these messages do contradict themselves, but not in all situations. Each situation is different and you have to use each stoic message in the appropriate context. I try to remind myself of all of them so I can use them in the right circumstances.

[@ophirmayer1]

@@tonyantonioli5655true, but you prepare for something you are worried about.

[@Sirshort123]

Being prepared for a math test, and worrying about a math test, are not the same. You mistook the suggestion. If you could actually 100% be prepared for literally everything always, every second, …I think you’d likely never be worried about anything ever… The “don’t worry” suggestion is simply “nothing matters, so don’t worry 🤷‍♂️” in a sense.. and ESPECIALLY don’t worry, **if you’ve prepared yourself for most things. …whether physically, mentally, emotionally, in concept, in theory, in thought, etc…

[@Insights_with_Ana]

Its not a contradiction if you are working on your emotional intelligence.

[@Insights_with_Ana]

It's not a contradiction if you work on yourself, your mind, emotions and body. Its a holistic improvement. Remember you have a choice.

[@JasonWhitman-i9j]

D

[@JackFate518]

It would be great if you would look at this video of vox pops from Moscow about the war. The first guy invokes stoicism in a way that has often bothered me -- the idea that focusing on things you can change leads people to accept bad things like slavery or war. You hear this attitude a lot in Russia, where a sort of "learned helplessness" has been cultivated for years under Putin as a way of undermining opposition to his regime. I'd be very interested to know how you respond to this take on stoicism: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZ7Ud4SAgpmjirc

[@chemicalburn09]

Ryan is great, but im sick of his politics. Im done buying his books, or recommending them. Its a shame, really, but their are better people following stoic material.

[@MultiWhovian]

How dare you use the death of your dog for an advertisement! I am so disappointed... And after listening to so many of your videos. 😕

[@belladriver258]

Colbert milked that story so many soldiers active risking their lives what has Colbert done from The advice he says his granny gave him

[@Aegiandove]

Why badmouth RFK Jr. based on vulgar gossip with no factual basis? It is so unbecoming to your purported values of stoicism! He may have had an infection or yes, an addiction problem in his life, but he has overcome those and moved on to become an accomplished lawyer winning major public interest lawsuits, author, and successful freedom activist, having founded River Keeper in the past and cleaned up the Hudson River, then founded Childrens Health Defense (daily news blog with excellent articles by various investigative journalists, doctors, PhDs, etc.). Moreover, ad hominem attacks on a courageous man who has been nominated to reform health care in this country and give people more choices than just allopathic one-size-fits medicine and freedom to their bodily integrity -- because some grandfather of his was a Nazi sympathizer?!! What makes RFK Jr. responsible for such unfortunate family situation? I almost unsubscribed from your blog, but will continue a while to see if you will continue such ad hominem attacks, putting an honorable man who is a hero for millions of younger and older Americans who wanted to vote for him to be the President, but had to join Republicans when he was ostracised and censored by the Dem party (nothing to do with democratic behavior). Thank God he has a second chance to make a difference for all because the Dems lost for obvious reasons. Time to read and view what the so-called Right is aware of that you are not, due to mainstream legacy media.

[@susheetrajdheersingh5215]

Hey ryan read all of your books i have just complain please don't add these ai b roll it makes your video less compelling and interesting

[@ScottKennether]

guys just read ebook magnetic aura from borlest and you'll never need to watch these videos again

[@munggo8644]

watched Aperture video about modern scam of this old wisdom. basically, you are a wolf in a sheep clothing.

[@jamespogi99]

It's ironic isn't it. I won't lie some of his book is great like daily stoic but just like Aperture says it become marketing.

[@munggo8644]

@@jamespogi99 yep, if you really want to delve deeply into stoicism, there are many phd professors on KZbin teaching philosophy. Basically, there are numerous channels out there that are just trying to take your money, including this channel and Aperture.

[@jamespogi99]

@@munggo8644 I bought Meditations and the Daily Stoic audiobook like two years ago, way before they got popular, so that’s where I’ve spent my time. Honestly, Stoicism is what got me into philosophy-it’s helped me through a lot, including stopping my thoughts about suicide. I thought I had Stoicism down and that I was becoming a stoic person, but now I’m realizing how hard it really is. Most of the time, I’m just breaking the 'rules' of Stoicism. It kind of feels like the Dunning-Kruger effect.

[@jamespogi99]

@@munggo8644 I bought Meditations and the Daily Stoic audiobook like two years ago, way before they got popular, so that’s where I’ve spent my time. Honestly, Stoicism is what got me into philosophy-it’s helped me through a lot, including stopping my thoughts about suicide. I thought I had Stoicism down and that I was becoming a stoic person, but now I’m realizing how hard it really is. Most of the time, I’m just breaking the 'rules' of Stoicism. It kind of feels like the Dunning-Kruger effect.

[@jamespogi99]

@@munggo8644 I bought Meditations and the Daily Stoic audiobook like two years ago, way before they got popular, so that’s where I’ve spent my time. Honestly, Stoicism is what got me into philosophy-it’s helped me through a lot, including stopping my thoughts about suicide. I thought I had Stoicism down and that I was becoming a stoic person, but now I’m realizing how hard it really is. Most of the time, I’m just breaking the 'rules' of Stoicism. It kind of feels like the Dunning-Kruger effect.

[@blakewatson9695]

The mere fact that you used Steven Cobair as a reference I lost all respect for you and your channel! What a shame.

[@YooToob-ef8jq]

It tells more about you than anyone else

[@vehemently1]

I’m not a Colbert fan, but I understand the lessson from his mother, who was an old-school Catholic - we mourn our family and miss them, but keep your eyes on eternity. That is the only way I was able to come to terms with the loss of my own parents.

[@mrosacci]

1: Does this actually matter? 3: Stop having an opinion. 10: Tolerant with others, strict with yourself. 23: The grudge you hold is meaningless. 34: Learn something from everyone. 36: You’re not that important. 47: Stop having an opinion. 49: Is this who I want to be? 50: You should probably shut up. Thanks for inspiring me to listen through a second time. Peace brother!

[@jeanclaudepinet]

Great compilation! Thank you Ryan 😃