the daily stoic

W October 19th GOOD HABITS DRIVE OUT BAD HABITS “Since habit is such a powerful influence, and we’re used to pursuing our impuls ...

W October 20th MARKS OF THE GOOD LIFE “You have proof in the extent of your wanderings that you never found the art of living an ...

A October 21st HEROES, HERE AND NOW “Such behavior! People don’t want to praise their contemporaries whose lives they actually s ...

S October 22nd IT’S EASY TO GET BETTER. BUT BETTER AT WHAT? “So someone’s good at taking down an opponent, but that doesn’t make ...

I October 23rd SHOW THE QUALITIES YOU WERE MADE FOR “People aren’t in awe of your sharp mind? So be it. But you have many other ...

T October 24th THE FOUNTAIN OF GOODNESS “Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you ...

Y October 25th TWO TASKS “What, then, makes a person free from hindrance and self- determining? For wealth doesn’t, neither does ...

T October 26th THREE PARTS, ONE AIM “The best and the greatest number of authors have asserted that philosophy consists of three ...

I October 27th WE REAP WHAT WE SOW “Crimes often return to their teacher.” —SENECA, THYESTES, 311 t’s ironic that Seneca would h ...

N October 28th WE WERE MADE FOR EACH OTHER “You’ll more quickly find an earthly thing kept from the earth than you will a person ...

I October 29th CHARACTER IS FATE “Each person acquires their own character, but their official roles are designated by chance. Y ...

I October 30th WHO GETS THE LION’S SHARE? “Aren’t you ashamed to reserve for yourself only the remnants of your life and to dedi ...

T October 31st YOU WERE BORN GOOD “The human being is born with an inclination toward virtue.” —MUSONIUS RUFUS, LECTURES, 2.7.1– ...

NOVEMBER ACCEPTANCE / AMOR FATI ...

S November 1st ACCEPTING WHAT IS “Don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happ ...

W November 2nd BINDING OUR WISHES TO WHAT WILL BE “But I haven’t at any time been hindered in my will, nor forced against it. An ...

T November 3rd FOLLOWING THE DOCTOR’S ORDERS “Just as we commonly hear people say the doctor prescribed someone particular ridin ...

W November 4th NOT GOOD, NOR BAD “There is no evil in things changing, just as there is no good in persisting in a new state.” — ...

I November 5th A HIGHER POWER “This is the very thing which makes up the virtue of the happy person and a well-flowing life—when ...

T November 6th SOMEONE ELSE IS SPINNING THE THREAD “If the breaking day sees someone proud, The ending day sees them brought low ...