The Stoic Magazine Library

Stoic thoughts for every day of the month.

Stoic thoughts for every day of the month.

Stoic Thoughts for Every Day of the Month.

1 - Is there any storm that is more powerful than impressions that drive out reason? [Epictetus, D2.17]

1 You are not going to learn anything new, if you think you know it already. [Epictetus, D 2.17]

1 - Set aside your self-satisfaction about what you think you know. You are not going to learn anything new, if you think you know it already. [Epictetus, D 2.17]

1 - Do you know the standards by which someone can be judged? What a good or a bad person is and how they got that way? If so, how come you are not a good person yourself? [Epictetus, D 2.13]

1 - The cost of the material things you give up—whether it is food or some furniture—is nothing compared to the goodwill you gain in return. 

[Epictetus, D 2.10] 

1  - If donkeys had the ability to go further and understand how to deal with impressions, they would refuse to obey us and would be our equal. And rightly so. 
[Epictetus, D 2.7] 

1 - Then you will say, “I am a scholar, but no one cares”. Yes, because you are a bad and useless human being. [Epictetus, D 2.4]

1  - If you want to be a person of honor and trust, who can stop you? [Epictetus, D 2.2]