Daily Stoic

"Not striking at obstacles with fury and violence, or falling away before them, but holding its ground and illuminating what receives it. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness." Marcus Aurelius

"The chance for progress, to keep or lose, turns on the events of a single day." Epictetus

“In the mean time, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.” Seneca

"You become what you give your attention to...If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will.” Epictetus

“You have to assemble your life yourself...If you accept the obstacle and work with what you’re given, an alternative will present itself—another piece of what you’re trying to assemble.” Marcus Aurelius

“Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those who you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one: men learn as they teach.” Seneca

"We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them." Epictetus

"Today I escaped anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions not outside." Marcus Aurelius

"The supreme ideal does not call for any external aids. It is homegrown, wholly self-developed." Seneca

”Welcome present circumstances and accept the things whose time has arrived. Be happy when you find that doctrines you have learned and analyzed are being tested by real events.” Epictetus

"The power to make of itself whatever it wants. It reaps its own harvest, unlike plants whose yield is gathered in by others." Marcus Aurelius

"Memory brings back the agony of fear while foresight brings it on prematurely. No one confines his unhappiness to the present." Seneca

"Just stick to your principles. And rest assured that, if you remain true to them, the same people who made fun of you will come to admire you." Epictetus

“Ask, ‘Why is this so unbearable? Why can’t I endure it?’ You’ll be embarrassed to answer.” Marcus Aurelius

"We advise a man to regard his friends as highly as himself, to reflect that an enemy may become a friend, to stimulate love in the friend, and to check hatred in the enemy." Seneca

"You have to care either for your mind or for material things. Specialize in what is within you." Epictetus

"The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius