What Ryan Holiday has said about Stoicism
3 quotes · 1 episode · Jul 13, 2026
Ryan Holiday, American author on Stoicism and founder of Daily Stoic, has been quoted on Stoicism 3 times in 1 episode of The Shawn Ryan Show, most recently on July 13, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Holiday argues Stoicism means processing emotions and asking whether they are productive, not suppressing them.
“To me, it's about processing that emotion asking yourself, hey, is this productive or not productive?”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #321 Ryan Holiday - The Stoic Survival Guide (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 17:58
Holiday urges people to read more history and consume less real-time news to understand events in context.
“People watch too much news and don't read enough history”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #321 Ryan Holiday - The Stoic Survival Guide (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 22:19
Holiday credits the success of his books mostly to Stoic philosophy rather than himself.
“the reason the books work is 90% the philosophy and 10% me”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #321 Ryan Holiday - The Stoic Survival Guide (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 1:51:12
Episodes
#321 Ryan Holiday - The Stoic Survival GuideThe Shawn Ryan Show · Jul 13, 2026 · 3 h 13 min
Shawn Ryan and author Ryan Holiday discuss Stoicism, emotions and revenge, media incentives, political courage, ego, mortality, fatherhood, wealth, and reading.
Ryan Holiday on other topics
- Fatherhood · 2 quotes
- Ego Is the Enemy · 2 quotes
- Moral courage · 2 quotes
- Media credibility and independent journalism · 2 quotes
- Masculinity · 1 quote
- To Hell and Back · 1 quote
- Reading · 1 quote
- Memento mori · 1 quote