How to be Stoic: The Daily Stoicism Blog

by Phil Van Treuren "We have the power to hold no opinion about a thing and to not let it upset our state of mind Read More >>

by Phil Van Treuren “At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: ‘I have to go to work — as a Read More >>

by Phil Van Treuren "If you need a witness to your virtue, be your own." — Epictetus You've decided to train your mind in the Read More >>

by Phil Van Treuren “Everything’s destiny is to change, to be transformed, to perish. So that new things can be born.” — Marcus Aurelius Think Read More >>

by Phil Van Treuren “Don’t let the force of an impression carry you away. Say to it, ‘hold on — let me see what you Read More >>

by Phil Van Treuren “Everything you see will soon alter and cease to exist. Think of how many changes you’ve already seen; the world is Read More >>

by Phil Van Treuren “The primary cause of both hope and fear is that instead of adapting ourselves to present circumstances, we send out thoughts Read More >>

by Phil Van Treuren “Whenever someone has done wrong by you, immediately consider what notion of good or evil they had in doing it. For Read More >>

by Phil Van Treuren "Let us see to it that the recollection of those whom we have lost becomes a pleasant memory to us." — Read More >>