Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for today, January the 29th. Keep it simple: “At every moment keep a sturdy mind on the task at hand, as a Roman and human being, doing it with strict and simple dignity, affection, freedom, and justice—giving yourself a break from all other considerations. You can

Today’s Daily Stoic, January the 28th: “Watching The Wise”. “Take a good hard look at people’s ruling principle, especially of the wise, what they run away from and what they seek out.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.38 Today’s stoic passage suggests us to pick someone as a

The Daily Stoic for today, January the 27th: “The Three Areas Of Training”. “There are three areas in which the person who would be wise and good must be trained. The first has to do with desires and aversions—that a person may never miss the mark in desires nor

The Daily Stoic for today, January the 26th: “The Power Of A Mantra” “Erase the false impressions from your mind by constantly saying to yourself, I have it in my soul to keep out any evil, desire or any kind of disturbance—instead, seeing the true nature of things, I

The Daily Stoic for today, January the 25th, “The Only Prize”: “What’s left to be prized? This, I think—to limit our action or inaction to only what’s in keeping with the needs of our own preparation . . . it’s what the exertions of education and teaching are all