The Daily Stoic

S October 22nd IT’S EASY TO GET BETTER. BUT BETTER AT WHAT? “So someone’s good at taking down an opponent, ...

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

T October 24th THE FOUNTAIN OF GOODNESS “Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ...

Y October 25th TWO TASKS “What, then, makes a person free from hindrance and self-determining? For wealth doe ...

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

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

N October 28th WE WERE MADE FOR EACH OTHER “You’ll more quickly find an earthly thing kept from the ear ...

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

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

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

NOVEMBER ACCEPTANCE / AMOR FATI ...

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

W November 2nd BINDING OUR WISHES TO WHAT WILL BE “But I haven’t at any time been hindered in my wil ...

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

W November 4th NOT GOOD, NOR BAD “There is no evil in things changing, just as there is no good in pe ...

I November 5th A HIGHER POWER “This is the very thing which makes up the virtue of the happy person and ...

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

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

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

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