The truth is delivered best in stories, in fables.

This is why the Stoics loved poetry. They loved the theater. They didn’t see art as frivolous. To them it was essential. It was a delivery mechanism for truth—not everything belongs in an aphorism or a discourse. In this video Ryan Holiday delivers 7 of the best Stoic stories that will guide you through life.

Sometimes we need it rendered beautifully. Sometimes we need it in a story. So it sneaks past our defenses. So it implants in our memory. As SaintExupéry writes in The Little Prince, sometimes it’s only with the heart that we can see.

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00:00 Intro
01:32 Make it a prosperous voyage
02:24 Enough is enough
03:27 You have shoulders made of ivory
04:18 Courage is better than cowardice
05:54 Just make the decision
06:58 Turn it into something
08:17 Know who you are

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