The Daily Stoic

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

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

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

I March 8th DON’T UNINTENTIONALLY HAND OVER YOUR FREEDOM “If a person gave away your body to some ...

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

C March 10th FIND YOURSELF A CATO “We can remove most sins if we have a witness standing by as we ...

T March 11th LIVING WITHOUT RESTRICTION “The unrestricted person, who has in hand what they will in all e ...

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

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

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

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

T March 16th THAT SACRED PART OF YOU “Hold sacred your capacity for understanding. For in it is all, t ...

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

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

I March 19th TIMELESS WISDOM “For there are two rules to keep at the ready—that there is nothing good or ...

P March 20th READY AND AT HOME “I may wish to be free from torture, but if the time comes for me to ...

D March 21st THE BEST RETREAT IS IN HERE, NOT OUT THERE “People seek retreats for themselves in the country, ...

A March 22nd THE SIGN OF TRUE EDUCATION “What is it then to be properly educated? It is learning to ...

I March 23rd THE STRAITJACKETED SOUL “The diseases of the rational soul are long-standing and hardened vice ...

P March 24th THERE IS PHILOSOPHY IN EVERYTHING “Eat like a human being, drink like a human being, dr ...