Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for October 5th, “Words Can’t Be Unsaid”. “Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue.” —ZENO, QUOTED IN DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 7.1.26 “Silence is golden”. This topic has been discussed in the daily stoic a lot, on “Silence

The Daily Stoic for October 4th, “All For One, One For All”. “That which isn’t good for the hive, isn’t good for the bee.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.54 Apparently, Marcus Aurelius was one of the first writers to articulate that he has not a citizen of Rome,

The Daily Stoic for October 3rd, “A Mantra Of Mutual Interdependence”. “Meditate often on the interconnectedness and mutual interdependence of all things in the universe. For in a sense, all things are mutually woven together and therefore have an affinity for each other—for one thing follows after another according

The Daily Stoic for October 2nd, “The Most Valuable Asset”. “But the wise person can lose nothing. Such a person has everything stored up for themselves, leaving nothing to Fortune, their own goods are held firm, bound in virtue, which requires nothing from chance, and therefore can’t be either

The Daily Stoic for October 1st, “Let Virtue Shine Bright”. “Does the light of a lamp shine and keep its glow until its fuel is spent? Why shouldn’t your truth, justice, and self-control shine until you are extinguished?” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 12.15 We enter the autumnal October with

The Daily Stoic for September 30th, “You Can’t Touch Me”. “If you lay violent hands on me, you’ll have my body, but my mind will remain with Stilpo.” ZENO, QUOTED IN DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 7.1.24 “Sticks and stones may break my bones…