the daily stoic

E August 28th THE OPULENT STOIC “The founder of the universe, who assigned to us the laws of life, provided that we should live ...

I August 29th WANT NOTHING = HAVE EVERYTHING “No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not ...

I August 30th WHEN YOU FEEL LAZY “Anything that must yet be done, virtue can do with courage and promptness. For anyone would ca ...

E August 31st CONSIDER YOUR FAILINGS TOO “Whenever you take offense at someone’s wrongdoing, immediately turn to your own simila ...

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SEPTEMBER FORTITUDE AND RESILIENCE ...

C September 1st A STRONG SOUL IS BETTER THAN GOOD LUCK “The rational soul is stronger than any kind of fortune—from its own shar ...

H September 2nd THE PHILOSOPHER’S SCHOOL IS A HOSPITAL “Men, the philosopher’s lecture-hall is a hospital—you shouldn’t walk out ...

B September 3rd FIRST, A HARD WINTER TRAINING “We must undergo a hard winter training and not rush into things for which we have ...

M September 4th HOW CAN YOU KNOW WHETHER YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TESTED? “I judge you unfortunate because you have never lived through ...

A September 5th FOCUS ON WHAT IS YOURS ALONE “Remember, then, if you deem what is by nature slavish to be free, and what is not ...

But Stockdale persevered and did make it out. He quenched his desires and focused exclusively on what he did control: himself. ...

I September 6th THEY CAN THROW YOU IN CHAINS, BUT... “You can bind up my leg, but not even Zeus has the power to break my freedo ...

T September 7th OUR HIDDEN POWER “Consider who you are. Above all, a human being, carrying no greater power than your own reason ...

I September 8th DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY FORTUNE “No one is crushed by Fortune, unless they are first deceived by her... those who ...

turned his wrath on Seneca, philosophy found him ready and prepared once again. ...

I September 9th NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF “But there is no reason to live and no limit to our miseries if we let our fears ...

W September 10th PREPARING ON THE SUNNY DAY “Here’s a lesson to test your mind’s mettle: take part of a week in which you have o ...

T September 11th WHAT WOULD LESS LOOK LIKE? “Let us get used to dining out without the crowds, to being a slave to fewer slaves, ...

I September 12th BE DOWN TO EARTH, OR BE BROUGHT DOWN “Zeno always said that nothing was more unbecoming than putting on airs, e ...