Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for today: “See the world like a poet and an artist”. “Pass through this brief patch of time in harmony with nature, and come to your final resting place gracefully, just as a ripened olive might drop, praising the earth that nourished it and grateful to the

Daily Stoic for January the 17th. Reboot the real work. “I am your teacher and you are learning in my school. My aim is to bring you to completion, unhindered, free from compulsive behavior, unrestrained, without shame, free, flourishing, and happy, looking to God in things great and small—your

The Daily Stoic for January the 16th. Never do anything out of habit. “So in the majority of other things, we address circumstances not in accordance with the right assumptions, but mostly by following wretched habit. Since all that I’ve said is the case, the person in training must

Daily Stoic, Jan 15th. Peace is in staying the course. “Tranquility can’t be grasped except by those who have reached an unwavering and firm power of judgment—the rest constantly fall and rise in their decisions, wavering in a state of alternately rejecting and accepting things. What is the

The Daily Stoic for today, January the 14th. Cut the strings that pull your mind. “Understand at last that you have something in you more powerful and divine than what causes the bodily passions and pulls you like a mere puppet. What thoughts now occupy my mind? Is it not