I am a citizen of the world
Repeat that to yourself everyday
And follow the lessons led by
Socrates
Epictetus
Marcus Aurelius
Anyone who’s led a good life
Category: Poetry
A Stoic And An Epicurean Walk Into A Bar
A Stoic and an Epicurean
Walk into a bar
And discuss the path to the good life
One talks about natural pleasure
The other about natural duty
And leave with more questions than answers
Stoic Tanka
When the sun went down
Cleanthes carried water
Through streets and old age
bearing the love of wisdom
proudly upon his shoulders
Bushido
Stoics and samurai
have a great deal in common
they die everyday
Amor Fati
The Stoics say focus
Control what’s in your control
Accept fate’s word
On Stoicism And Rum
When in Rome drink rum
as Seneca drank Stoicism
courage, temperance
Sowing Philosophy
From the golden days of Socrates and Alcibiades
To the dark times of Seneca and Nero
Knowledge passing through generations
Zeno to Cleanthes
Musonius Rufus to Epictetus
Antoninus to Marcus Aurelius
Wisdom cultivation
Planting seeds for the new harvest
Sowing philosophy
For a better tomorrow
A Stoic Haiku
Two men meet today
Buddha, Marcus Aurelius
the world is put right
Stoic Athenaeum 