The ancient Stoics on wealth, sex, happiness, and more with Matt Woodworth.

The Found Generation with Troy Farkas

One of the show's most requested guests returns today to unpack seven famous quotes from the Stoics -- a group of philosophers whose roots trace back to ancient Greece in 300 B.C. Despite Stoicism's old age, its lessons are wildly timeless and applicable to life in the modern world.

Today, Matt (a history teacher in Oregon) and I dive into the following quotes, which lead to side conversations about "taboo" subjects like personal finance, sex, and more.

• (4:00) "We suffer more often in imagination than in reality." - Seneca
• (9:15) “You don’t have to turn this into something. It doesn’t have to upset you.” – Marcus Aurelius
• (17:40) "For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them." - Seneca
• (28:40) “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.” – Marcus Aurelius
• (34:42) "We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak." - Epictetus
• (41:13) "What really ruins our character is the fact that none of us looks back over his life." - Seneca
• (44:25) “I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.” – Marcus Aurelius

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