# The Stoic Way > Short passages from Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus, a plain modern reading, and one thing to do today. A New Zealand site publishing one short Stoic passage a day, with a plain modern English reading, the public-domain translation it is based on, and a practical action. Passages come from Marcus Aurelius (Meditations) and Epictetus (Enchiridion, Discourses). Modern renderings are by The Stoic Way; older translations credited on each page (e.g. George Long, public domain). Every passage links to its source. ## Main pages - [Home](https://thestoicway.nz/): what the site is and today's passage - [Daily archive](https://thestoicway.nz/daily/): every published passage - [About](https://thestoicway.nz/about/): who is behind it and how passages are chosen - [Sources](https://thestoicway.nz/sources/): the texts and translations used - [Privacy](https://thestoicway.nz/privacy/) ## Recent passages - [Meditations 10.16 — The Stoic Way, Sunday 1 November 2026](https://thestoicway.nz/daily/2026-11-01/) - [Epictetus, Enchiridion 5 — The Stoic Way, Friday 30 October 2026](https://thestoicway.nz/daily/2026-10-30/) ## Feeds - [RSS](https://thestoicway.nz/rss.xml) - [Sitemap](https://thestoicway.nz/sitemap.xml)