the daily stoic

W September 21st MAINTAIN COMPOSURE, MAINTAIN CONTROL “When forced, as it seems, by circumstances into utter confusion, get a ho ...

T September 22nd NO PAIN, NO GAIN “Difficulties show a person’s character. So when a challenge confronts you, remember that God ...

The greats don’t avoid these tests of their abilities. They seek them out because they are not just the measure of greatness, th ...

B September 23rd THE MOST SECURE FORTRESS “Remember that your ruling reason becomes unconquerable when it rallies and relies on ...

I September 24th IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU “Being unexpected adds to the weight of a disaster, and being a surprise has never faile ...

or the preparations of so many years’ study against evils to come? Who knew not Nero’s cruelty?” That is: he knew it could happe ...

W September 25th THE VULNERABILITY OF DEPENDENCE “Show me someone who isn’t a slave! One is a slave to lust, another to greed, a ...

Y September 26th WHAT TIME OFF IS FOR “Leisure without study is death—a tomb for the living person.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 82. ...

T September 27th WHAT WILL PROSPERITY REVEAL? “For even peace itself will supply more reason for worry. Not even safe circumstan ...

W September 28th YOU HOLD THE TRUMP CARD “How appropriate that the gods put under our control only the most powerful ability tha ...

I September 29th YOUR ACTUAL NEEDS ARE SMALL “Nothing can satisfy greed, but even a small measure satisfies nature. So it is tha ...

Z September 30th YOU CAN’T TOUCH ME “If you lay violent hands on me, you’ll have my body, but my mind will remain with Stilpo.” ...

OCTOBER VIRTUE AND KINDNESS ...

S October 1st LET VIRTUE SHINE BRIGHT “Does the light of a lamp shine and keep its glow until its fuel is spent? Why shouldn’t y ...

S October 2nd THE MOST VALUABLE ASSET “But the wise person can lose nothing. Such a person has everything stored up for themselv ...

A October 3rd A MANTRA OF MUTUAL INTERDEPENDENCE “Meditate often on the interconnectedness and mutual interdependence of all thi ...

I October 4th ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL “That which isn’t good for the hive, isn’t good for the bee.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIO ...

Y October 5th WORDS CAN’T BE UNSAID “Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue.” —ZENO, QUOTED IN DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIV ...

W October 6th LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER “It’s in keeping with Nature to show our friends affection and to celebrate their advan ...

T October 7th A SELFISH REASON TO BE GOOD “The person who does wrong, does wrong to themselves. The unjust person is unjust to t ...