The Daily Stoic

T November 30th FOLLOW THE LOGOS “The person who follows reason in all things will have both leisure and a ...

DECEMBER MEDITATION ON MORTALITY ...

“L December 1st PRETEND TODAY IS THE END “Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of l ...

H December 2nd DON’T MIND ME, I’M ONLY DYING SLOW “Let each thing you would do, say or intend be like ...

P December 3rd THE PHILOSOPHER AS AN ARTISAN OF LIFE AND DEATH “Philosophy does not claim to get a person any ...

T December 4th YOU DON’T OWN THAT “Anything that can be prevented, taken away, or coerced is not a person’s ...

P December 5th THE BENEFITS OF SOBERING THOUGHTS “Keep death and exile before your eyes each day, a ...

T December 6th THE SWORD DANGLES OVER YOU “Don’t behave as if you are destined to live forever. What’s fa ...

W December 7th THE CARDS WE’RE DEALT “Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a ...

W December 8th DON’T HIDE FROM YOUR FEELINGS “It’s better to conquer grief than to deceive it.” —SENECA, ...

T December 9th SPENDTHRIFTS OF TIME “Were all the geniuses of history to focus on this single theme, they ...

P December 10th DON’T SELL YOURSELF TOO CHEAPLY “I say, let no one rob me of a single day who isn’t going ...

L December 11th DIGNITY AND BRAVERY “As Cicero says, we hate gladiators if they are quick to save their l ...

A December 12th THE BEAT GOES ON “Walk the long gallery of the past, of empires and kingdoms succeeding ea ...

T December 13th IT’S JUST A NUMBER “You aren’t bothered, are you, because you weigh a certain amount an ...

F December 14th WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW BY THE END “Soon you will die, and still you aren’t sincere, undis ...

T December 15th A SIMPLE WAY TO MEASURE OUR DAYS “This is the mark of perfection of character—to spend each ...

A December 16th EVERLASTING GOOD HEALTH “I tell you, you only have to learn to live like the health ...

S December 17th KNOW THYSELF—BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE “Death lies heavy upon one who, known exceedingly well ...

I December 18th WHAT COMES TO US ALL “Both Alexander the Great and his mule-keeper were both brought to t ...