Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for March 10th. “Find yourself a Cato”: “We can remove most sins if we have a witness standing by as we are about to go wrong. The soul should have someone it can respect, by whose example it can make its inner sanctum more inviolable. Happy is

The Daily Stoic for March 9th. “Find The Right Scene”: “Above all, keep a close watch on this—that you are never so tied to your former acquaintances and friends that you are pulled down to their level. If you don’t, you’ll be ruined. . . . You must choose whether

The Daily Stoic for March 8th, “Don’t unintentionally hand over your freedom”. “If a person gave away your body to some passerby, you’d be furious. Yet you hand over your mind to anyone who comes along, so they may abuse you, leaving it disturbed and troubled—have you

The Daily Stoic for March 7th, “Don’t Trust The Senses”. “Heraclitus called self-deception an awful disease and eyesight a lying sense.” —DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 9.7 Let me tell you a story that took place many years ago, when I was still living with my

The Daily Stoic for March the 6th: “Don’t tell yourself stories”. “In public avoid talking often and excessively about your accomplishments and dangers, for however much you enjoy recounting your dangers, it’s not so pleasant for others to hear about your affairs.” —EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 33.14 The other

The Daily Stoic for March 5th. “Cutting back on the costly”: “So, concerning the things we pursue, and for which we vigorously exert ourselves, we owe this consideration—either there is nothing useful in them, or most aren’t useful. Some of them are superfluous, while others aren’t worth