Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for March 21st. “The best retreat is in here, not out there” “People seek retreats for themselves in the country, by the sea, or in the mountains. You are very much in the habit of yearning for those same things. But this is entirely the trait of

The Daily Stoic for March 20th. “Ready and at home” “I may wish to be free from torture, but if the time comes for me to endure it, I’ll wish to bear it courageously with bravery and honor. Wouldn’t I prefer not to fall into war? But if

The Daily Stoic for March 19th. “Timeless Wisdom”. “For there are two rules to keep at the ready—that there is nothing good or bad outside my own reasoned choice, and that we shouldn’t try to lead events but to follow them.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.10.18 Today’s

The Daily Stoic for March 18th, “Impossible Without Your Consent”. “Today I escaped from the crush of circumstances, or better put, I threw them out, for the crush wasn’t from outside me but in my own assumptions.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.13” Today’s stoic suggests that we are

The Daily Stoic for March 17th. “The beauty of choice”: “You are not your body and hair-style, but your capacity for choosing well. If your choices are beautiful, so too will you be.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.1.39b–40a Beauty is something subjective. In spite of the efforts to formalize