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Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each day we bring you a passage of ancient wisdom

designed to help you find strength, insight, and wisdom every day life.

Each one of these passages is based on the 2,000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of

history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us dailystoic.com.

In her beautiful book about the Los Angeles Public Library fire, Susan Orleen captures

the magic of what libraries can offer. She describes walking through the empty library

in downtown LA, not a soul in sight, and feeling connected to all the voices represented

on the millions of pages that surround her.

A library is a good place to soften solitude, she writes, a place where you feel part of

a conversation that has gone on for hundreds and hundreds of years, even when you are all

alone.

The library is a whispering post, she said, you don't need to take a book off the shelf

to know there is a voice inside that is waiting to speak to you, and behind that was someone

who truly believed that if he or she spoke someone would listen.

Books in this way are wonderful friends, they are always there, they speak wisdom, but

offer their advice quietly. They have an unlimited capacity for listening, they offer so much,

and ask for essentially nothing in return.

We can say the same about philosophy, which of course mostly comes to us in the form of

books.

Monica said, philosophy offers counsel, does not yell, levels no personal attacks, no,

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