Pick up where you left off.
A collection of daily doses of wisdom to
make you a little bit better than
everybody else—though ideally a better
version of yourself.
Tao of Sto, Sto Te Ching
A two volume series of seasonal daily readers pairing Stoic wisdom with passages from the Tao Te Ching and spare, evocative illustrations by Gabriel Gigliotti. Each day offers one Stoic and one Taoist quote—no commentary, no analysis. Just two ancient truths meeting on the page, with an image adding its own quiet mystery to the mix.
Volume 1: Winter begins the journey, offering ninety days of contemplation across January, February, and March. Like winter itself—a season of turning inward, of stillness before renewal—this volume explores foundational practices: seeing clearly, cultivating discipline, and learning to flow with what is.
VOLUME ONE: WINTER
Volume 2: Spring continues the journey, offering ninety days of contemplation across April, May, and June. If Winter turned us inward, Spring invites us back into motion. This is a season of emergence and testing-of acting without force, speaking with clarity, and aligning intention with right action. The roots laid in stillness begin to show green. Here sprouts the quiet confidence to flow with what is.