In the mid-’90s, not long after I graduated from college, a friend insisted I read “The Manual,” by the Roman Stoic ...

A regal origin story The “Queen Never Cry” meme comes from a popular webcomic called Queen Never Cry, where the protagonist is a stoic queen who faces her challenges without shedding a tear.

Stoicism, a school of thought born in ancient Greece over 2,000 years ago, has surged in popularity, with platforms like Reddit and X reporting a staggering 400 percent growth in Stoicism-related ...