r/StoicMemes 15d ago

Nihilist vs Stoic

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u/yevelnad 15d ago

Stoicism is not about being apathetic towards the world but bearing the weight of the world. Not because someone told you, not because you want to be popular or any form of personal gain. But because you choose to. And that is the true form of detachment. You change your inner world to change the outer world. The change should start within oneself and bend reality to your will.

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u/wostmardin 15d ago

There is no spoon

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u/jk3639 15d ago

How am I going to eat my cereal?

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u/DoomerFeed 15d ago

You were never going to eat the cereal.. But that's not why you came here, you came here to understand WHY you were never going to eat it - The Oracle (kind of), The Matrix

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u/MiniSpaceHamstr 14d ago

One my VERY favorite philosophical scenes in all the Maxtrix. Matrixes. Matrices.