The Stoic Magazine Library

Stoic quotes for every day of the month

We do not practice Stoicism to escape life’s pain, but to face it with dignity. The world may be chaotic. But the mind, well-trained, need not be.

Tranquility is not something that requires or relies on the absence of conflict. It is, instead, the presence of clarity no matter what might be occurring.

It doesn’t matter who is in office, which partly dominates, or whether the culture feels like it’s unraveling. The world changes. Your character doesn’t have to.

Stoicism can guide us through turbulence with loved ones

We should tend to our philosophy in quiet calm moments. That’s the only way you'll be ready when chaos comes knocking.

Do we give in to despair, fear, sadness, or anger about our current predicaments, anxious about the uncertainties ahead, or being upset over the possibility that what we do doesn’t really matter? Or do we approach matters with a sort of confidence and trust that, even if we aren’t intheend successful, each good action we do possesses a meaning and value?