Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for September 20th, “Life Isn’t A Dance”. “The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, because an artful life requires being prepared to meet and withstand sudden and unexpected attacks.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.61 I have to agree with today’s stoic meditation.

The Daily Stoic for September 19th, “Flexibility Of The Will”. “Remember that to change your mind and to follow someone’s correction are consistent with a free will. For the action is yours alone—to fulfill its purpose in keeping with your impulse and judgment, and yes, with your intelligence.

The Daily Stoic for September 18th, “Dealing With Pain”. “Whenever you suffer pain, keep in mind that it’s nothing to be ashamed of and that it can’t degrade your guiding intelligence, nor keep it from acting rationally and for the common good. And in most cases you should

The Daily Stoic for September 17th, “Dealing With Haters”. “What if someone despises me? Let them see to it. But I will see to it that I won’t be found doing or saying anything contemptible. What if someone hates me? Let them see to that. But I will see

The Daily Stoic for September 16th, “Anyone Can Get Lucky, Not Everyone Can Persevere”. “Success comes to the lowly and to the poorly talented, but the special characteristic of a great person is to triumph over the disasters and panics of human life.” —SENECA, ON PROVIDENCE, 4.1 Today’s

The Daily Stoic for September 15th, “A Garden Is Not For Show”. “First practice not letting people know who you are—keep your philosophy to yourself for a bit. In just the manner that fruit is produced—the seed buried for a season, hidden, growing gradually so it may come