The Daily Stoic

“power doesn’t corrupt, it reveals.”

We’re not trying to ace tests or impress teachers. We are reading and studying to live, to be good human beings—always and forever.

Everyone had a job—a specific duty. Even people who did bad things—they were doing their job of being evil because evil is a part of life.

He was much more interested in hearing what the other person had to say than making sure he was heard or—as most of us insist upon—winning the argument.

The good things in life cost what they cost. The unnecessary things are not worth it at any price

So don’t stop at Stoicism, but explore the forces that drive and make Stoicism possible.

If you could find and focus on the pockets of freedom you already have? Well, then you’d be free right here, right now.

freedom isn’t secured by filling up on your heart’s desire but by removing your desire.

Why bother getting mad at causes and forces far bigger than us? Why do we take these things personally? After all, external events are not sentient beings—they cannot respond to our shouts and cries—and neither can the mostly indifferent gods.

When it comes to your goals and the things you strive for, ask yourself: Am I in control of them or they in control of me?