The Daily Stoic - There Is No Race | Transformative Quotes From The Founder Of Stoicism (Zeno)

Episode Date: July 18, 2023

We know at least one of the Stoics was a runner. Chrysippus ran the dolichos, a grueling three-mile loop consisting of approximately 24 stadium length wind sprints. Epictetus’s leg injury probably precluded much in the way of running, but he was clearly an avid sports fan and his lectures abound with metaphors to prove it.Yet the Stoics relationship to athletics was slightly different than your average competitor.---And in today's Daily Stoic video excerpt, Ryan presents some of the most affecting quotes from Zeno to help inspire your day.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail🏛 Check out the Daily Stoic Store for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.📱 Follow us: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, FacebookSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you in your everyday life. On Tuesdays, we take a closer look at these stoic ideas, how we can apply them in our actual lives. Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoy. There is no race. We know that at least one of the Stoics was a runner. Chrysipus ran a grueling three mile loop consisting of approximately 24 stadium length windsprints. Epic Titus' leg injury probably precluded much in the way of running, but he was clearly an avid sports fan in his lectures

abound with metaphors to prove it. Yet the Stoics relationship to athletics was slightly different than your average competitor. We know that Crasipus was a good runner, but he also held that there was something far more important than winning, conducting oneself with virtue in a race. Epictetus didn't care much for the standings of a given event. He believed that the only competition that mattered began and continued long before the

finish line or after the bell. If you want to be a winner, he said, define the competition only by things that are up to you. Both of these lyrics would have liked the lyric from the band Lucius. That's what life is. It's not a race against anyone else. The only thing to measure yourself against is yourself. There is no real finish line either. There is one foot in front of the other, one sprint, one slog after another. The marathon is getting up and going and not quitting and setting your own standards that you

never quite reach. And finding satisfaction and pride in the progress that you've made and the fact that you are better than you were yesterday. There is no race. There is only you. Just keep going. Keep going with her dream. Hi, I'm David Brown, the host of Wondery's podcast Business Wars. And in our new season, two of the world's leading hotel brands, Hilton and Marriott,

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but is truly no small thing. Man conquers the world by conquering himself. We have two years in one mouth, so we should listen more than we said. He is best of all men who follows good advice. Good too is he who finds out all things for Himself. No loss should be more regrettable to us than losing our time for its irretrievable. Follow where reason leads. Follow where reason leads. Steele your sensibilities so that life shall hurt you as little as possible.

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universe gives birth to beings that are animate and wise, should it not be considered animate and wise itself? The end may be defined as life in accordance with nature, or, in other words, in accordance with our own human nature, as well as that of the universe. When a dog is tied to a cart, if it wants to follow, it is pulled and follows, making it spontaneous act, coincide with necessity. But if the dog does not follow, it will be compelled in any case.

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