the daily stoic

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T July 1st DO YOUR JOB “Whatever anyone does or says, for my part I’m bound to the good. In the same way an emerald or gold or p ...

W July 2nd ON DUTY AND CIRCUMSTANCE “Never shirk the proper dispatch of your duty, no matter if you are freezing or hot, groggy ...

A July 3rd TURN HAVE TO INTO GET TO “The task of a philosopher: we should bring our will into harmony with whatever happens, so ...

T July 4th PROTECT THE FLAME “Protect your own good in all that you do, and as concerns everything else take what is given as fa ...

I July 5th NO ONE SAID IT’D BE EASY “Good people will do what they find honorable to do, even if it requires hard work; they’ll ...

I July 6th RISE AND SHINE “On those mornings you struggle with getting up, keep this thought in mind—I am awakening to the work ...

M July 7th OUR DUTY TO LEARN “This is what you should teach me, how to be like Odysseus—how to love my country, wife and father, ...

“C July 8th STOP MONKEYING AROUND “Enough of this miserable, whining life. Stop monkeying around! Why are you troubled? What’s n ...

T July 9th THE PHILOSOPHER KING “For I believe a good king is from the outset and by necessity a philosopher, and the philosophe ...

S July 10th LOVE THE HUMBLE ART “Love the humble art you have learned, and take rest in it. Pass through the remainder of your d ...

T July 11th THE START-UP OF YOU “But what does Socrates say? ‘Just as one person delights in improving his farm, and another his ...

S July 12th SOME SIMPLE RULES “In your actions, don’t procrastinate. In your conversations, don’t confuse. In your thoughts, don ...

H July 13th A LEADER LEADS “One person, on doing well by others, immediately accounts the expected favor in return. Another is n ...

G July 14th A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS “Every great power is dangerous for the beginner. You must therefore wield them as y ...

T July 15th DOING THE RIGHT THING IS ENOUGH “When you’ve done well and another has benefited by it, why like a fool do you look ...

T July 16th PROGRESS OF THE SOUL “To what service is my soul committed? Constantly ask yourself this and thoroughly examine your ...

A July 17th DON’T ABANDON OTHERS... OR YOURSELF “As you move forward along the path of reason, people will stand in your way. Th ...

T July 18th EACH THE MASTER OF THEIR OWN DOMAIN “My reasoned choice is as indifferent to the reasoned choice of my neighbor, as ...

A July 19th FORGIVE THEM BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW “As Plato said, every soul is deprived of truth against its will. The same hold ...