Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for May 2nd. “Be the person you want to be”. “First tell yourself what kind of person you want to be, then do what you have to do. For in nearly every pursuit we see this to be the case. Those in athletic pursuit first choose the

The Daily Stoic for May 1st. “Make character your loudest statement”. “For philosophy doesn’t consist in outward display, but in taking heed to what is needed and being mindful of it.” —MUSONIUS RUFUS, LECTURES, 16.75.15–16 Today is the 1st of May. I’ve been following the

The Daily Stoic for April 30th, “What Is In Keeping With Your Character?”. “Just as what is considered rational or irrational differs for each person, in the same way what is good or evil and useful or useless differs for each person. This is why we need education, so that

The Daily Stoic for April 29th. “Washing Away The Dust Of Life”. “Watch the stars in their courses and imagine yourself running alongside them. Think constantly on the changes of the elements into each other, for such thoughts wash away the dust of earthly life.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.47

The Daily Stoic for today, April 28th. “Wants make you a servant”. “Tantalus: The highest power is— Thyestes: No power, if you desire nothing.” —SENECA, THYESTES, 440 It’s true that we are slaves of what we want or need. While we think that we can change our lives if

The Daily Stoic for April 27. “Turn it inside out” “Turn it inside out and see what it is like—what it becomes like when old, sick, or prostituting itself. How short-lived the praiser and praised, the one who remembers and the remembered. Remembered in some corner of these parts,