Quotes of The Stoic Emperor - somelinesforyou

“ If you are easily provoked you are easily controlled. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Today’s hot pain is tomorrow’s cold wisdom. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Rise to the level of your ideals, not the average of your environment. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Be kind with people and tough with their ideas. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Losing friends that are easily lost is no loss at all. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Conviction is much more powerful than “positive thinking”. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ If you are easily provoked you are easily controlled. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Peace must be found in the imperfect present. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ You amplify everything you react to. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ An hour of deeply contemplating your own moral failures will leave you feeling much more forgiving of the foibles of others. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Many will choose the stability of slavery over the uncertainty of freedom. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ The news allows you to dedicate massive amounts of energy and attention to things you probably cannot impact while the things you can impact go unaddressed. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ That which we desire lies across an ocean of hard won knowledge. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Fragile egos make for fragile friendships. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ The modern impediment to learning is attention, not access. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Drama is distraction. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ The news allows you to dedicate massive amounts of energy and attention to things you probably cannot impact while the things you can impact go unaddressed. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Time spent mastering the basics is time well spent. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ If you are easily provoked you are easily controlled. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Not everything requires a response. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ A well-ordered mind is at home with solitude. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ It is the barren silence of winter that makes the birdsong and blossoms of spring so enchanting. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ What culture triumphs? The culture with the right combination of self-criticism and self-confidence. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ A darkening hour is as much an opportunity for heroism as despair. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Pain is the not the only way to learn a lesson, but it is the surest way to never forget one. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Rise to the level of your ideals, not the average of your environment. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Where will you find the virtuous man? Alone. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Don’t live in a manner that makes you despise being alone with yourself. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Losing friends that are easily lost is no loss at all. ”

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Today’s hot pain is tomorrow’s cold wisdom. ”

- The Stoic Emperor
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