June 2nd Reading from The Daily Stoic (Round 2) - Plato's View

"How beautifully Plato put it. Whenever you want to talk about people, it's best to take a bird's-eye view and see everything all at once - of gatherings, armies, farms, weddings and divorces, births and deaths, noisy courtrooms or silent spaces, every foreign people, holidays, memorials, markets - all blended together and arranged in a pairing of opposites."

~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 7.48

November 19th Reading from The Daily Stoic - Maxims From Three Wise Men

"For any challenge we should hold three thoughts at our command:
'Lead on God and Destiny,
To that goal fixed for me long ago.
I will follow and not stumble; even if my will
is weak I will soldier on.'"
~ Cleanthes

"Whoever embraces necessity count as wise,
skilled in divine matters."
~Euripides

"If it pleases the gods, so be it. They may well kill me, but they can't hurt me."
~ Plato's Crito and Apology

Compiled by Epictetus in Enchiridion, 53

June 2nd Reading from The Dail Stoic - Plato's View

"How beautifully Plato put it. Whenever you want to talk about people, it's best to take a bird's eye view and see everything at once - of gatherings, armies, farms, weddings and divorces, births and deaths, noisy courtrooms or silent spaces, every foreign people, holidays, memorials, markets - all blended together and arranged into a pairing of opposites."

~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 7.48