The Rhode Runner

“There are three areas in which the person who would be wise and good must be trained. The first has to do with desires and aversions–that a person may never miss the mark in desires nor fall into what repels them. The second has to do with impulses to act and not to act–and...

“Erase the false impressions from your mind by constantly saying to yourself, I have it in my soul to keep out any evil, desire or any kind of disturbance–instead, seeing the true nature of things, I will give them only their due. Always remember this power that nature gave you.” ~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations,...

“What’s left to be prized? This, I think–to limit our action or inaction to only what’s in keeping with the needs of our own preparation…it’s what the exertions of education and teaching are all about–here is the thing to be prized! If you hold this firmly, you’ll stop trying to get yourself all the...

“From Rusticus…I learned to read carefully and not be satisfied with a rough understanding of the whole, and not to agree too quickly with those who have a lot to say about something.” ~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 1.7.3 Inspired by The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living This...

“Let’s pass over to the really rich–how often the occasions they look just like the poor! When they travel abroad they must restrict their baggage, and when haste is necessary, they dismiss their entourage. And those who are in the army, how few of their possessions they get to keep…” ~ Seneca, On Consolation...

“I will keep constant watch over myself and–most usefully–will put each day up for review. For this is what makes us evil–that none of us looks back upon our own lives. We reflect upon only that which we are about to do. And yet our plans for the future descend from the past.” ~...

“Your principles can’t be extinguished unless you snuff out the thoughts that feed them, for it’s continually in your power to reignite new ones…It’s possible to start living again! See things anew as you once did–that is how to restart life!” ~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 7.2 Inspired by The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on...

“A podium and a prison is each a place, one high and the other low, but in either place your freedom of choice can be maintained if you so wish.” ~ Epictetus, Discourses, 2.6.25 Inspired by The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living It doesn’t matter if we...

“Pass through this brief patch of time in harmony with nature, and come to your final resting place gracefully, just as a ripened olive might drop, praising the earth that nourished it and grateful to the tree that gave it growth.” ~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 4.48.2 Inspired by The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on...