Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for November 27th, “The Pleasure Of Tuning Out The Negative”. “How satisfying it is to dismiss and block out any upsetting or foreign impression, and immediately to have peace in all things.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.2 I don’t read newspapers anymore. I mean, not only

The Daily Stoic of November 26th, “The Altar Of No Difference”. “We are like many pellets of incense falling on the same altar. Some collapse sooner, others later, but it makes no difference.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.15 “What’s the difference between you and the richest person in the

The Daily Stoic for November 25th, “Funny How That Works Out”. “As for me, I would choose being sick over living in luxury, for being sick only harms the body, whereas luxury destroys both the body and the soul, causing weakness and incapacity in the body, and lack of control

The Daily Stoic for November 24th, “Train To Let Go Of What’s Not Yours”. “Whenever you experience the pangs of losing something, don’t treat it like a part of yourself but as a breakable glass, so when it falls you will remember that and won’t be troubled.

The Daily Stoic for November 23rd, “Attachments Are The Enemy”. “In short, you must remember this—that if you hold anything dear outside of your own reasoned choice, you will have destroyed your capacity for choice.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.4.23 As today’s daily stoic discusses, there are many

The Daily Stoic for November 22nd, “The Glass Is Already Broken”. “Fortune falls heavily on those for whom she’s unexpected. The one always on the lookout easily endures.” —SENECA, ON CONSOLATION TO HELVIA, 5.3 What a powerful concept! When I first read today’s stoic, I was a