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[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

Daily Stoic practices for modern life.

I share:
• Morning & evening routines
• Lessons from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus
• Practical exercises you can use today

Follow along. Build discipline. 🏛️

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

A daily pause: what did you do today on autopilot? Notice it without excuses. Then decide whether to keep it.
#Stoicism #Philosophy #SelfReflection #Socrates

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

@mehmet4725 😂😂😂

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

"The higher we are placed, the more humbly should we walk."
Panaetius, reporting Scipio Africanus, Cicero, On Duties 1.90

Status is a test of character, not a reason to stand taller. #Stoicism #Humility #Philosophy

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

@SirDexterMrgn Antropoz hiç iyi bir şey değil.

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

“I will begin to speak when I am not going to say what were better off unsaid.” Cato the Younger, Plutarch, Life of Cato 4

Silence can be discipline. Before you add your opinion, ask whether it improves the moment. #Stoicism #Philosophy #Wisdom

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

"If I had followed the multitude, I should not have studied philosophy." Chrysippus, Diogenes Laërtius, Lives 7.182

Before you follow the crowd, ask whether you have examined the direction for yourself. Popular does not mean right.
#Stoicism #Philosophy #IndependentThinking

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

"Most glorious of Immortals, mighty God," Cleanthes, Hymn of Cleanthes

You cannot choose every turn life takes. You can choose whether to meet it with resistance or attention. That choice is small, but it is yours. #Stoicism #Philosophy #Resilience

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

"Life in agreement with nature." Zeno of Citium, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 7.87 (C. D. Yonge)

A quieter question for a busy day: does this choice fit the person you want to be, or only the pressure you are feeling? #Stoicism #Philosophy #SelfMastery

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

“Good teachers do not need many proofs, but rather cogent and lucid ones.” Musonius Rufus, Lecture I

A useful rule for hard conversations: make the point clear before making it clever. Clarity is not simplicity for its own sake. It is respect. #Stoicism

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality." Seneca, Letters to Lucilius, Letter 13

A worry can feel like an event before anything has happened. Pause there. Ask what is happening now, and what your mind is adding. #Stoicism #Seneca

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

“Some things are in our power, and others are not.” Epictetus, Enchiridion 1

Before you react, separate the event from your choice. The event may be outside your power. Your response is where practice begins. #Stoicism #Epictetus

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

@OzhanIlker @zagortenay

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

“Every man's happiness depends from himself.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book VIII

The Stoics were not promising control over life. They were pointing to the part that remains yours: how you meet what happens. #Stoicism #MarcusAurelius

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

@zagortenay Nevzo, Trabzon ve diğer Anadolu takımları arada kendinizi bir şey sanıp 3 büyüklere sarıyorsunuz ama sadece Anadolu takımısınız bunu böyle bil.

[Türkçü Gençlik @TurkcuGenclik]

Yolda Arap görseler toprak veriyorlar. Alışkanlık oldu bunlarda.

[Ümit Özdağ @umitozdag]

Subay yemini okuyanMustafa Kemal askerleri affedilmedi ancak Türkiye Cumhuriyetini yıkmaya yeminli Öcalan’ın teröristleri affediliyor. @zaferpartisi @zpgencresmi

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

@JohnCleese @elonmusk That’s still happening you know that right?

[Emre Öner (v4.3) @emreodinson]

#apicall #postman #testapi #development

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

"You will be forgotten either way. So live in such manner that, while you remain, you belong to yourself."

-Marcus Aurelius, Meditations.

#stoic #philosophy #Seneca #MarcusAurelius

[Erkin | Daily Stoic @ErkinNocturne]

“A man becomes honorable when suffering gives him every excuse to fall, and he still chooses to stand”

- Seneca