Ward Farnsworth Quote: The Stoic does not seek to avoid

"The Stoic does not seek to avoid difficulty but to avoid being defeated by it."

— Ward Farnsworth

The Stoic does not seek to avoid difficulty but to avoid being defeated by it.

— Ward Farnsworth

From The Practicing Stoic

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The Practicing Stoic, Chapter 8

The Stoics saw philosophy not as a set of beliefs but as a practice — something you do every day.

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