Daily Stoic

The Daily Stoic for March 16th. “That Sacred Part Of You”: “Hold sacred your capacity for understanding. For in it is all, that our ruling principle won’t allow anything to enter that is either inconsistent with nature or with the constitution of a logical creature. It’s what demands

The Daily Stoic for March 15th. “The present is all we possess”. “Were you to live three thousand years, or even a countless multiple of that, keep in mind that no one ever loses a life other than the one they are living, and no one ever lives a life

The Daily Stoic for March 14th. “Self-deception is our enemy”. “Zeno would also say that nothing is more hostile to a firm grasp on knowledge than self-deception.” —DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 7.23 Now this is an interesting topic. I think most of us fall into the

The Daily Stoic for March 13th. “One day it will all make sense”: “Whenever you find yourself blaming providence, turn it around in your mind and you will see that what has happened is in keeping with reason.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.17.1 Wow, it’s amazing how such a

The Daily Stoic for March 12th: “Seeing things as the person at fault does”: “Whenever someone has done wrong by you, immediately consider what notion of good or evil they had in doing it. For when you see that, you’ll feel compassion, instead of astonishment or rage. For you

The Daily Stoic for March 11th. “Living Without Restriction” “The unrestricted person, who has in hand what they will in all events, is free. But anyone who can be restricted, coerced, or pushed into something against what they will is a slave.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.1.128b–129a Today’s