the daily stoic

H August 8th START WITH WHERE THE WORLD IS “Do now what nature demands of you. Get right to it if that’s in your power. Don’t lo ...

A August 9th STICK WITH JUST THE FACTS “Don’t tell yourself anything more than what the initial impressions report. It’s been re ...

P August 10th PERFECTION IS THE ENEMY OF ACTION “We don’t abandon our pursuits because we despair of ever perfecting them.” —EPI ...

August 11th NO TIME FOR THEORIES, JUST RESULTS “When the problem arose for us whether habit or theory was better for getting vir ...

O August 12th MAKE THE WORDS YOUR OWN “Many words have been spoken by Plato, Zeno, Chrysippus, Posidonius, and by a whole host o ...

H August 13th TAKE CHARGE AND END YOUR TROUBLES “You’ve endured countless troubles—all from not letting your ruling reason do th ...

T August 14th THIS ISN’T FOR FUN. IT’S FOR LIFE “Philosophy isn’t a parlor trick or made for show. It’s not concerned with words ...

T August 15th THE SUPREME COURT OF YOUR MIND “This can be swiftly taught in very few words: virtue is the only good; there is no ...

A August 16th ANYTHING CAN BE AN ADVANTAGE “Just as the nature of rational things has given to each person their rational powers ...

T August 17th THE BUCK STOPS HERE “For nothing outside my reasoned choice can hinder or harm it— my reasoned choice alone can do ...

O August 18th ONLY FOOLS RUSH IN “A good person is invincible, for they don’t rush into contests in which they aren’t the strong ...

T August 19th CORRALLING THE UNNECESSARY “It is said that if you would have peace of mind, busy yourself with little. But wouldn ...

D August 20th WHERE IT COUNTS “Inwardly, we ought to be different in every respect, but our outward dress should blend in with t ...

T August 21st DON’T BE MISERABLE IN ADVANCE “It’s ruinous for the soul to be anxious about the future and miserable in advance o ...

I August 22nd DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF “It is essential for you to remember that the attention you give to any action should ...

I August 23rd IT’S IN YOUR SELF-INTEREST “Therefore, explain why a wise person shouldn’t get drunk—not with words, but by the fa ...

O August 24th PILLAGE FROM ALL SOURCES “I’ll never be ashamed to quote a bad writer with a good saying.” —SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY ...

T August 25th RESPECT THE PAST, BUT BE OPEN TO THE FUTURE “Won’t you be walking in your predecessors’ footsteps? I surely will u ...

Z August 26th SEEKING OUT SHIPWRECKS “I was shipwrecked before I even boarded... the journey showed me this—how much of what we ...

I August 27th LAUGH, OR CRY? “Heraclitus would shed tears whenever he went out in public— Democritus laughed. One saw the whole ...