the daily stoic

W February 1st FOR THE HOT-HEADED MAN “Keep this thought handy when you feel a fit of rage coming on—it isn’t manly to be enrage ...

W February 2nd A PROPER FRAME OF MIND “Frame your thoughts like this—you are an old person, you won’t let yourself be enslaved b ...

T February 3rd THE SOURCE OF YOUR ANXIETY “When I see an anxious person, I ask myself, what do they want? For if a person wasn’t ...

H February 4th ON BEING INVINCIBLE “Who then is invincible? The one who cannot be upset by anything outside their reasoned choic ...

T February 5th STEADY YOUR IMPULSES “Don’t be bounced around, but submit every impulse to the claims of justice, and protect you ...

I February 6th DON’T SEEK OUT STRIFE “I don’t agree with those who plunge headlong into the middle of the flood and who, accepti ...

“O February 7th FEAR IS A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY “Many are harmed by fear itself, and many may have come to their fate while d ...

T February 8th DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER? “You cry, I’m suffering severe pain! Are you then relieved from feeling it, if you ...

H February 9th YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE AN OPINION “We have the power to hold no opinion about a thing and to not let it upset our ...

A February 10th ANGER IS BAD FUEL “There is no more stupefying thing than anger, nothing more bent on its own strength. If succe ...

T February 11th HERO OR NERO? “Our soul is sometimes a king, and sometimes a tyrant. A king, by attending to what is honorable, ...

T February 12th PROTECT YOUR PEACE OF MIND “Keep constant guard over your perceptions, for it is no small thing you are protecti ...

S February 13th PLEASURE CAN BECOME PUNISHMENT “Whenever you get an impression of some pleasure, as with any impression, guard y ...

W February 14th THINK BEFORE YOU ACT “For to be wise is only one thing—to fix our attention on our intelligence, which guides al ...

T February 15th ONLY BAD DREAMS “Clear your mind and get a hold on yourself and, as when awakened from sleep and realizing it wa ...

H February 16th DON’T MAKE THINGS HARDER THAN THEY NEED TO BE “If someone asks you how to write your name, would you bark out ea ...

I February 17th THE ENEMY OF HAPPINESS “It is quite impossible to unite happiness with a yearning for what we don’t have. Happin ...

E February 18th PREPARE FOR THE STORM “This is the true athlete—the person in rigorous training against false impressions. Remai ...

T February 19th THE BANQUET OF LIFE “Remember to conduct yourself in life as if at a banquet. As something being passed around c ...

I February 20th THE GRAND PARADE OF DESIRE “Robbers, perverts, killers, and tyrants—gather for your inspection their so-called p ...