the daily stoic

N October 8th A HIGHER PLEASURE “Yes, getting your wish would have been so nice. But isn’t that exactly why pleasure trips us up ...

W October 9th SET THE STANDARDS AND USE THEM “When the standards have been set, things are tested and weighed. And the work of p ...

A October 10th REVERENCE AND JUSTICE “Leave the past behind, let the grand design take care of the future, and instead only righ ...

A October 11th HONESTY AS OUR DEFAULT “How rotten and fraudulent when people say they intend to ‘give it to you straight.’ What ...

I October 12th ALWAYS LOVE “Hecato says, ‘I can teach you a love potion made without any drugs, herbs, or special spell—if you w ...

L October 13th REVENGE IS A DISH BEST NOT SERVED “The best way to avenge yourself is to not be like that.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MED ...

T October 14th DON’T GET MAD. HELP “Are you angry when someone’s armpits stink or when their breath is bad? What would be the po ...

“E October 15th GIVE PEOPLE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT “Everything turns on your assumptions about it, and that’s on you. You can ...

S October 16th SPREAD THE WORD “Some people with exceptional minds quickly grasp virtue, or produce it within themselves. But ot ...

T October 17th THE BENEFIT OF KINDNESS “A benefit should be kept like a buried treasure, only to be dug up in necessity.... Natu ...

I October 18th FRENEMIES “There’s nothing worse than a wolf befriending sheep. Avoid false friendship at all costs. If you are g ...

W October 19th GOOD HABITS DRIVE OUT BAD HABITS “Since habit is such a powerful influence, and we’re used to pursuing our impuls ...

W October 20th MARKS OF THE GOOD LIFE “You have proof in the extent of your wanderings that you never found the art of living an ...

A October 21st HEROES, HERE AND NOW “Such behavior! People don’t want to praise their contemporaries whose lives they actually s ...

S October 22nd IT’S EASY TO GET BETTER. BUT BETTER AT WHAT? “So someone’s good at taking down an opponent, but that doesn’t make ...

I October 23rd SHOW THE QUALITIES YOU WERE MADE FOR “People aren’t in awe of your sharp mind? So be it. But you have many other ...

T October 24th THE FOUNTAIN OF GOODNESS “Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you ...

Y October 25th TWO TASKS “What, then, makes a person free from hindrance and self- determining? For wealth doesn’t, neither does ...

T October 26th THREE PARTS, ONE AIM “The best and the greatest number of authors have asserted that philosophy consists of three ...

I October 27th WE REAP WHAT WE SOW “Crimes often return to their teacher.” —SENECA, THYESTES, 311 t’s ironic that Seneca would h ...