the daily stoic

M September 4th HOW CAN YOU KNOW WHETHER YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TESTED? “I judge you unfortunate because you have never lived through ...

A September 5th FOCUS ON WHAT IS YOURS ALONE “Remember, then, if you deem what is by nature slavish to be free, and what is not ...

But Stockdale persevered and did make it out. He quenched his desires and focused exclusively on what he did control: himself. ...

I September 6th THEY CAN THROW YOU IN CHAINS, BUT... “You can bind up my leg, but not even Zeus has the power to break my freedo ...

T September 7th OUR HIDDEN POWER “Consider who you are. Above all, a human being, carrying no greater power than your own reason ...

I September 8th DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY FORTUNE “No one is crushed by Fortune, unless they are first deceived by her... those who ...

turned his wrath on Seneca, philosophy found him ready and prepared once again. ...

I September 9th NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF “But there is no reason to live and no limit to our miseries if we let our fears ...

W September 10th PREPARING ON THE SUNNY DAY “Here’s a lesson to test your mind’s mettle: take part of a week in which you have o ...

T September 11th WHAT WOULD LESS LOOK LIKE? “Let us get used to dining out without the crowds, to being a slave to fewer slaves, ...

I September 12th BE DOWN TO EARTH, OR BE BROUGHT DOWN “Zeno always said that nothing was more unbecoming than putting on airs, e ...

T September 13th PROTECTING OUR INNER FORTRESS FROM FEAR “No, it is events that give rise to fear—when another has power over th ...

P September 14th A DIFFERENT WAY TO PRAY “Try praying differently, and see what happens: Instead of asking for ‘a way to sleep w ...

A September 15th A GARDEN IS NOT FOR SHOW “First practice not letting people know who you are—keep your philosophy to yourself f ...

P September 16th ANYONE CAN GET LUCKY, NOT EVERYONE CAN PERSEVERE “Success comes to the lowly and to the poorly talented, but th ...

W September 17th DEALING WITH HATERS “What if someone despises me? Let them see to it. But I will see to it that I won’t be foun ...

I September 18th DEALING WITH PAIN “Whenever you suffer pain, keep in mind that it’s nothing to be ashamed of and that it can’t ...

appear. For the rest—live dangerously; take things as they come; dread naught, all will be well.” In the years to come, Churchil ...

W September 19th FLEXIBILITY OF THE WILL “Remember that to change your mind and to follow someone’s correction are consistent wi ...

D September 20th LIFE ISN’T A DANCE “The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, because an artful life requires bein ...