the daily stoic

MARCH AWARENESS ...

P March 1st WHERE PHILOSOPHY BEGINS “An important place to begin in philosophy is this: a clear perception of one’s own ruling p ...

M March 2nd ACCURATE SELF-ASSESSMENT “Above all, it is necessary for a person to have a true self-estimate, for we commonly thin ...

W March 3rd (DIS)INTEGRATION “These things don’t go together. You must be a unified human being, either good or bad. You must di ...

I March 4th AWARENESS IS FREEDOM “The person is free who lives as they wish, neither compelled, nor hindered, nor limited—whose ...

O March 5th CUTTING BACK ON THE COSTLY “So, concerning the things we pursue, and for which we vigorously exert ourselves, we owe ...

M March 6th DON’T TELL YOURSELF STORIES “In public avoid talking often and excessively about your accomplishments and dangers, f ...

S March 7th DON’T TRUST THE SENSES “Heraclitus called self-deception an awful disease and eyesight a lying sense.” —DIOGENES LAE ...

I March 8th DON’T UNINTENTIONALLY HAND OVER YOUR FREEDOM “If a person gave away your body to some passerby, you’d be furious. Ye ...

J March 9th FIND THE RIGHT SCENE “Above all, keep a close watch on this—that you are never so tied to your former acquaintances ...

The second part of Goethe’s quote tells us the stakes of this choice: “If I know how you spend your time,” he said, “then I know ...

C March 10th FIND YOURSELF A CATO “We can remove most sins if we have a witness standing by as we are about to go wrong. The sou ...

T March 11th LIVING WITHOUT RESTRICTION “The unrestricted person, who has in hand what they will in all events, is free. But any ...

S March 12th SEEING THINGS AS THE PERSON AT FAULT DOES “Whenever someone has done wrong by you, immediately consider what notion ...

P March 13th ONE DAY IT WILL ALL MAKE SENSE “Whenever you find yourself blaming providence, turn it around in your mind and you ...

S March 14th SELF-DECEPTION IS OUR ENEMY “Zeno would also say that nothing is more hostile to a firm grasp on knowledge than sel ...

T March 15th THE PRESENT IS ALL WE POSSESS “Were you to live three thousand years, or even a countless multiple of that, keep in ...

T March 16th THAT SACRED PART OF YOU “Hold sacred your capacity for understanding. For in it is all, that our ruling principle w ...

I March 17th THE BEAUTY OF CHOICE “You are not your body and hair-style, but your capacity for choosing well. If your choices ar ...

O March 18th IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT “Today I escaped from the crush of circumstances, or better put, I threw them out, ...