Enchiridion is a Stoic guide to living, a fantastic text (
online)
A Man in Full is a novel about practice of Stoic ideals.
I re-read these every couple of years, always a treat, as they are founts of wisdom.
Essentially, Stoicism is a Western form of Buddhism.
From Enchiridion:
Remember that you must behave in life as at a dinner party. Is anything brought around to you? Put out your hand and take your share with moderation. Does it pass by you? Don't stop it. Is it not yet come? Don't stretch your desire towards it, but wait till it reaches you. Do this with regard to children, to a wife, to public posts, to riches, and you will eventually be a worthy partner of the feasts of the gods. And if you don't even take the things which are set before you, but are able even to reject them, then you will not only be a partner at the feasts of the gods, but also of their empire. For, by doing this, Diogenes, Heraclitus and others like them, deservedly became, and were called, divine.
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