Daily Stoic

The Daily Stoic for August 18th, “Only Fools Rush In”. “A good person is invincible, for they don’t rush into contests in which they aren’t the strongest. If you want their property, take it—take also their staff, profession, and body. But you will never compel what they

The Daily Stoic for August 17th, “The Buck Stops Here”. “For nothing outside my reasoned choice can hinder or harm it—my reasoned choice alone can do this to itself. If we would lean this way whenever we fail, and would blame only ourselves and remember that nothing but opinion

The Daily Stoic for August 16th, “Anything Can Be An Advantage”. “Just as the nature of rational things has given to each person their rational powers, so it also gives us this power—just as nature turns to its own purpose any obstacle or any opposition, sets its place in

The Daily Stoic for August 15th, “The Supreme Court Of Your Mind”. “This can be swiftly taught in very few words: virtue is the only good; there is no certain good without virtue; and virtue resides in our nobler part, which is the rational one. And what can this virtue

The Daily Stoic for August 14th, “This Isn’t For Fun. It’s For Life”. “Philosophy isn’t a parlor trick or made for show. It’s not concerned with words, but with facts. It’s not employed for some pleasure before the day is spent, or to relieve the

The Daily Stoic for August 13th, “Take Charge And End Your Troubles”.  “You’ve endured countless troubles—all from not letting your ruling reason do the work it was made for—enough already!” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.26 My mother is a wise woman. Every time I’ve found myself