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Don't Get Mad. Get Help

Don't Get Mad. Get Help

The Daily Stoic for October 14th, “Don’t Get Mad. Get Help”. “Are you angry when someone’s armpits stink or when their breath is bad? What would be the point? Having such a mouth and such armpits, there’s going to be a smell emanating. You say, they must

Revenge Is A Dish Best Not Served

Revenge Is A Dish Best Not Served

The Daily Stoic for October 13th, “Revenge Is A Dish Best Not Served”. “The best way to avenge yourself is to not be like that.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.6 “How much better to heal than seek revenge from injury. Vengeance wastes a lot of time and exposes you to

Always Love

Always Love

The Daily Stoic for October 12th, “Always Love”. “Hecato says, ‘I can teach you a love potion made without any drugs, herbs, or special spell—if you would be loved, love.’” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 9.6 Curiously enough, this week my parents renewed their vows. They’ve been married for

Honesty As Our Default

Honesty As Our Default

The Daily Stoic for October 11th, “Honesty As Our Default”. “How rotten and fraudulent when people say they intend to ‘give it to you straight.’ What are you up to, dear friend? It shouldn’t need your announcement, but be readily seen, as if written on your forehead, heard in

Reverence And Justice

Reverence And Justice

The Daily Stoic for October 10th, “Reverence And Justice”. “Leave the past behind, let the grand design take care of the future, and instead only rightly guide the present to reverence and justice. Reverence so that you’ll love what you’ve been allotted, for nature brought you both to

Set The Standards And Use Them

Set The Standards And Use Them

The Daily Stoic for October 9th, “Set The Standards And Use Them”. “When the standards have been set, things are tested and weighed. And the work of philosophy is just this, to examine and uphold the standards, but the work of a truly good person is in using those standards

A Higher Pleasure

A Higher Pleasure

The Daily Stoic for October 8th, “A Higher Pleasure”. “Yes, getting your wish would have been so nice. But isn’t that exactly why pleasure trips us up? Instead, see if these things might be even nicer—a great soul, freedom, honesty, kindness, saintliness. For there is nothing so pleasing