Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for October 23rd, “Show The Qualities You Are Made For”. “People aren’t in awe of your sharp mind? So be it. But you have many other qualities you can’t claim to have been deprived of at birth. Display then those qualities in your own power:

The Daily Stoic for October 22nd, “It’s Easy To Get Better, But Better At What?”. “So someone’s good at taking down an opponent, but that doesn’t make them more community-minded, or modest, or well-prepared for any circumstance, or more tolerant of the faults of others.” —MARCUS AURELIUS,

The Daily Stoic for October 21st, “Heroes, Here And Now”. “Such behavior! People don’t want to praise their contemporaries whose lives they actually share, but hold great expectations for the praise of future generations—people they haven’t met or ever will! This is akin to being upset that

The Daily Stoic for October 20th, “Marks Of The Good Life”. “You have proof in the extent of your wanderings that you never found the art of living anywhere—not in logic, nor in wealth, fame, or in any indulgence. Nowhere. Where is it then? In doing what human nature

The Daily Stoic for October 19th, “Good Habits Drive Out Bad Habits”. “Since habit is such a powerful influence, and we’re used to pursuing our impulses to gain and avoid outside our own choice, we should set a contrary habit against that, and where appearances are really slippery, use