Stoicism teaches us the pursuit of self-mastery, perseverance, and wisdom.
The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the playwright and political advisor Seneca, and the slave turned prominent teacher Epictetus are the three Stoics philosopher you need to follow in order to learn to be a stoic one day.
In this post, I presented to you a bunch of stoic quotes that will surely motivate you to learn more about this philosophy.
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“A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.”
“It is not the man who has too little that is poor, but the one who hankers after more.”Letters from a Stoic
“What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.”
"In a little while you will have forgotten everything; in a little while everything will have forgotten you." Marcus Aurelius
"Sometimes in life we must fight not only without fear, but also without hope.Alessandro." Pertini
"Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing." Nora Roberts
“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be One.” Marcus Aurelius
“Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a dead man, see what’s left as a bonus and live it according to Nature. Love the hand that fate deals you and play it as your own, for what could be more fitting?” Marcus Aurelius
“It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.” Marcus Aurelius
“In your actions, don’t procrastinate. In your conversations, don’t confuse. In your thoughts, don’t wander. In your soul, don’t be passive or aggressive. In your life, don’t be all about business.” Marcus Aurelius
“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.” Marcus Aurelius
“It’s time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet.” Marcus Aurelius
“External thinks are not the problem. It’s your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now.” Marcus Aurelius
“If anyone can refute me—show me I’m making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective—I’ll gladly change. It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone.” Marcus Aurelius
“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more in imagination than in reality.” Seneca
“If a man knows not which port he sails, no wind is favorable.” Seneca
“No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don’t have, and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have.” Seneca
“Life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future.” Seneca
“He who fears death will never do anything worth of a man who is alive.” Seneca
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” Epictetus
“Curb your desire—don’t set your heart on so many things and you will get what you need.” Epictetus
“I begin to speak only when I’m certain what I’ll say isn’t better left unsaid.” Cato
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” Viktor Frankl
"The things you think about determine the quality of your mind." Marcus Aurelius
"The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness." Roger Avary
"Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them." Albert Einstein
"Whoever has nothing to hope, let him despair of nothing." Seneca
"Warriors should suffer their pain silently." Erin Hunter
"Stoicism is about the domestication of emotions, not their elimination." Nassim Nicholas Taleb
"Stoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom." Bergen Evans
