the daily stoic

N October 28th WE WERE MADE FOR EACH OTHER “You’ll more quickly find an earthly thing kept from the earth than you will a person ...

I October 29th CHARACTER IS FATE “Each person acquires their own character, but their official roles are designated by chance. Y ...

I October 30th WHO GETS THE LION’S SHARE? “Aren’t you ashamed to reserve for yourself only the remnants of your life and to dedi ...

T October 31st YOU WERE BORN GOOD “The human being is born with an inclination toward virtue.” —MUSONIUS RUFUS, LECTURES, 2.7.1– ...

NOVEMBER ACCEPTANCE / AMOR FATI ...

S November 1st ACCEPTING WHAT IS “Don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happ ...

W November 2nd BINDING OUR WISHES TO WHAT WILL BE “But I haven’t at any time been hindered in my will, nor forced against it. An ...

T November 3rd FOLLOWING THE DOCTOR’S ORDERS “Just as we commonly hear people say the doctor prescribed someone particular ridin ...

W November 4th NOT GOOD, NOR BAD “There is no evil in things changing, just as there is no good in persisting in a new state.” — ...

I November 5th A HIGHER POWER “This is the very thing which makes up the virtue of the happy person and a well-flowing life—when ...

T November 6th SOMEONE ELSE IS SPINNING THE THREAD “If the breaking day sees someone proud, The ending day sees them brought low ...

I November 7th HOW TO BE POWERFUL “Don’t trust in your reputation, money, or position, but in the strength that is yours—namely, ...

M November 8th ACTORS IN A PLAY “Remember that you are an actor in a play, playing a character according to the will of the play ...

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I November 9th ALL IS FLUID “The universe is change. Life is opinion.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.3.4b n Plutarch’s Life o ...

E November 10th ALWAYS THE SAME “Think by way of example on the times of Vespasian, and you’ll see all these things: marrying, r ...

I November 11th IT’S NOT THE THING, IT’S WHAT WE MAKE OF IT “When you are distressed by an external thing, it’s not the thing it ...

A November 12th THE STRONG ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY “If we judge as good and evil only the things in the power of our own choice, t ...

N November 13th NEVER COMPLAIN, NEVER EXPLAIN “Don’t allow yourself to be heard any longer griping about public life, not even w ...

T November 14th YOU CHOOSE THE OUTCOME “He was sent to prison. But the observation ‘he has suffered evil,’ is an addition coming ...