The Stoic Journal
Meditations on becoming a better person and a better Stoic.
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Epictetus watched his students memorize arguments and rush to display them. His response was a farm image they wouldn’t forget. Sheep don’t vomit up their grass to show the shepherd how much they’ve eaten. They digest it quietly, and it bec...
Do Good Because You Are Good
There’s a ledger most of us keep quietly. The favors done, the credit not received, the thank-yous that never arrived.
Marcus Aurelius pointed at a vine. It produces grapes, and when the season ends, it asks for nothing. It doesn’t demand...
The Best Revenge
Someone treats you badly and a plan starts forming. Not always a dramatic one. Sometimes it’s just coldness, a cutting remark you’re saving, a door you’ll let slam.
The best revenge is to be unlike the one who caused the harm.
To pay back...
Asking for Help Is Not a Defeat
Marcus Aurelius, who had every reason to pretend he needed no one, wrote the opposite in his private notes. Don’t be ashamed to be helped.
His comparison was military. You’re a soldier storming a wall. If you’re wounded and a comrade pulls...
Fix It or Accept It
Marcus Aurelius allowed himself two responses to any problem. If it can be changed, change it. If it can’t, accept it.
What he doesn’t do, is complaining.
Complaining feels like action. It has energy, an audience, sometimes applause. But...
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