the daily stoic

T January 24th PUSH FOR DEEP UNDERSTANDING “From Rusticus... I learned to read carefully and not be satisfied with a rough under ...

W January 25th THE ONLY PRIZE “What’s left to be prized? This, I think—to limit our action or inaction to only what’s in keeping ...

clarity—about what they love most in the world—means they can enjoy their lives. It means they’d still be happy even if the mark ...

A January 26th THE POWER OF A MANTRA “Erase the false impressions from your mind by constantly saying to yourself, I have it in ...

T January 27th THE THREE AREAS OF TRAINING “There are three areas in which the person who would be wise and good must be trained ...

can’t just expect this to happen. We must put real thought and energy into each area of our lives. If we do, we’ll find real cla ...

S January 28th WATCHING THE WISE “Take a good hard look at people’s ruling principle, especially of the wise, what they run away ...

E January 29th KEEP IT SIMPLE “At every moment keep a sturdy mind on the task at hand, as a Roman and human being, doing it with ...

O January 30th YOU DON’T HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF EVERYTHING “If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid in e ...

T January 31st PHILOSOPHY AS MEDICINE OF THE SOUL “Don’t return to philosophy as a task-master, but as patients seek out relief ...

FEBRUARY PASSIONS AND EMOTIONS ...

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 ...