The Daily Stoic

“I June 29th NO EXCUSES “It is possible to curb your arrogance, to overcome pleasure and pain, to rise ...

T June 30th THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY “While it’s true that someone can impede our actions, they can’t i ...

JULY DUTY ...

T July 1st DO YOUR JOB “Whatever anyone does or says, for my part I’m bound to the good. In the same ...

W July 2nd ON DUTY AND CIRCUMSTANCE “Never shirk the proper dispatch of your duty, no matter if you are f ...

A July 3rd TURN HAVE TO INTO GET TO “The task of a philosopher: we should bring our will into har ...

T July 4th PROTECT THE FLAME “Protect your own good in all that you do, and as concerns everything else ...

I July 5th NO ONE SAID IT’D BE EASY “Good people will do what they find honorable to do, even i ...

I July 6th RISE AND SHINE “On those mornings you struggle with getting up, keep this thought in mind—I ...

M July 7th OUR DUTY TO LEARN “This is what you should teach me, how to be like Odysseus—how to love ...

“C July 8th STOP MONKEYING AROUND “Enough of this miserable, whining life. Stop monkeying around! Why are yo ...

T July 9th THE PHILOSOPHER KING “For I believe a good king is from the outset and by necessity a philo ...

S July 10th LOVE THE HUMBLE ART “Love the humble art you have learned, and take rest in it. Pass throu ...

T July 11th THE START-UP OF YOU “But what does Socrates say? ‘Just as one person delights in impro ...

S July 12th SOME SIMPLE RULES “In your actions, don’t procrastinate. In your conversations, don’t confuse ...

H July 13th A LEADER LEADS “One person, on doing well by others, immediately accounts the expected favor ...

G July 14th A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS “Every great power is dangerous for the beginner. You must the ...

T July 15th DOING THE RIGHT THING IS ENOUGH “When you’ve done well and another has benefited by it, why li ...

T July 16th PROGRESS OF THE SOUL “To what service is my soul committed? Constantly ask yourself this and ...

A July 17th DON’T ABANDON OTHERS . . . OR YOURSELF “As you move forward along the path of reason, people ...