the daily stoic

I November 7th HOW TO BE POWERFUL “Don’t trust in your reputation, money, or position, but in the strength that is yours—namely, ...

M November 8th ACTORS IN A PLAY “Remember that you are an actor in a play, playing a character according to the will of the play ...

expanded in future adaptations. But even this begins with acceptance and understanding—and a desire to excel at what we have bee ...

I November 9th ALL IS FLUID “The universe is change. Life is opinion.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.3.4b n Plutarch’s Life o ...

E November 10th ALWAYS THE SAME “Think by way of example on the times of Vespasian, and you’ll see all these things: marrying, r ...

I November 11th IT’S NOT THE THING, IT’S WHAT WE MAKE OF IT “When you are distressed by an external thing, it’s not the thing it ...

A November 12th THE STRONG ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY “If we judge as good and evil only the things in the power of our own choice, t ...

N November 13th NEVER COMPLAIN, NEVER EXPLAIN “Don’t allow yourself to be heard any longer griping about public life, not even w ...

T November 14th YOU CHOOSE THE OUTCOME “He was sent to prison. But the observation ‘he has suffered evil,’ is an addition coming ...

M November 15th EVERYTHING IS CHANGE “Meditate often on the swiftness with which all that exists and is coming into being is swe ...

H November 16th HOPE AND FEAR ARE THE SAME “Hecato says, ‘cease to hope and you will cease to fear.’... The primary cause of bot ...

R November 17th JUDGE NOT, LEST... “When philosophy is wielded with arrogance and stubbornly, it is the cause for the ruin of ma ...

I November 18th FOUR HABITS OF THE STOIC MIND “Our rational nature moves freely forward in its impressions when it: 1) accepts n ...

T November 19th MAXIMS FROM THREE WISE MEN “For any challenge we should hold three thoughts at our command: ‘Lead on God and Des ...

fact these events make perfect sense when our perspective is zoomed out, even just slightly. Let’s practice this perspective tod ...

T November 20th BEHOLD, NOW AS EVER “If you’ve seen the present, you’ve seen all things, from time immemorial into all of eterni ...

P November 21st ONCE IS ENOUGH, ONCE IS FOREVER “A good isn’t increased by the addition of time, but if one is wise for even a m ...

T November 22nd THE GLASS IS ALREADY BROKEN “Fortune falls heavily on those for whom she’s unexpected. The one always on the loo ...

A November 23rd ATTACHMENTS ARE THE ENEMY “In short, you must remember this—that if you hold anything dear outside of your own r ...

A November 24th TRAIN TO LET GO OF WHAT’S NOT YOURS “Whenever you experience the pangs of losing something, don’t treat it like ...