10-Minute Philosophy: From Buddhism to Stoicism, Confucius and Aristotle – Bite-Sized Wisdom From Some of History’s Greatest Thinkers

Unhappiness stems from attachment and clinging to what is good,

courage, self-regulation, wisdom, and justice

. (By the way, Plato’s teacher was Socrates.

your unhappiness stems from your desires and unwillingness to accept other outcomes

Epictetus’s Enchiridion? “Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. Some things are up to us and some things are not up to us.”

Stoicism might be the first philosophy to preach the maxim of “no pain, no gain.”

We cannot control others, but we are always in control of our own actions and responses.

Suppose something happened we wish had not. Which is easier to change: our opinion and level of emotional impact or the event itself?

Investing emotional energy into things we cannot change or control, similar to Buddhism’s avoidance of attachment, is what causes unhappiness, not the actual negative event or outcome itself.

a compelling manner: “Some things are in our control and others not.”