Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for August 21st, “Don’t Be Miserable In Advance”. “It’s ruinous for the soul to be anxious about the future and miserable in advance of misery, engulfed by anxiety that the things it desires might remain its own until the very end. For such a soul

The Daily Stoic for August 20th, “Where It Counts”. “Inwardly, we ought to be different in every respect, but our outward dress should blend in with the crowd.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 5.2 “Be different” -today’s advertisement industry claims- “by buying this”. As if defining yourself depended on the

The Daily Stoic for August 19th, “Corralling The Unnecessary”. “It is said that if you would have peace of mind, busy yourself with little. But wouldn’t a better saying be do what you must and as required of a rational being created for public life? For this brings not

The Daily Stoic for August 18th, “Only Fools Rush In”. “A good person is invincible, for they don’t rush into contests in which they aren’t the strongest. If you want their property, take it—take also their staff, profession, and body. But you will never compel what they

The Daily Stoic for August 17th, “The Buck Stops Here”. “For nothing outside my reasoned choice can hinder or harm it—my reasoned choice alone can do this to itself. If we would lean this way whenever we fail, and would blame only ourselves and remember that nothing but opinion