Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

eThe Daily Stoic for June 15th. “Listening Accomplishes More Than Speaking”. “To the youngster talking nonsense Zeno said, ‘The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is so we might listen more and talk less.’” —DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 7.1.23 Some daily stoics

The Daily Stoic for June 14th. “Try The Other Handle”. “Every event has two handles—one by which it can be carried, and one by which it can’t. If your brother does you wrong, don’t grab it by his wronging, because this is the handle incapable of lifting

The Daily Stoic for June 13th. “Life Is A Battlefield”. “Don’t you know life is like a military campaign? One must serve on watch, another in reconnaissance, another on the front line. . . . So it is for us—each person’s life is a kind of battle, and a long

The Daily Stoic for June 12th. “A Trained Mind Is Better Than Any Script” “In this way you must understand how laughable it is to say, ‘Tell me what to do!’ What advice could I possibly give? No, a far better request is, ‘Train my mind to adapt to any

The Daily Stoic for June 11th. “Just Don’t Make Things Worse”. “How much more harmful are the consequences of anger and grief than the circumstances that aroused them in us!” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 11.18.8 It’s true that when something goes wrong, getting angry is one of

The Daily Stoic for June 10th. “You Can Do It”. “If you find something very difficult to achieve yourself, don’t imagine it impossible—for anything possible and proper for another person can be achieved as easily by you.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.19 Success, failure, and the process of