Quotes of Stoic - somelinesforyou

“ To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. ”

- Heraclitus

“ Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have. ”

- Epictetus

“ The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately. ”

- Seneca

“ It does not matter what you bear, but how you bear it. ”

- Seneca

“ A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ”

- Seneca

“ To be calm is the highest achievement of the self. ”

- Zen proverb

“ He has the most who is content with the least. ”

- Diogenes

“ Man conquers the world by conquering himself. ”

- Zeno of Citium

“ Learn to be indifferent to what makes no difference. ”

- Marcus Aurelius

“ To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden. ”

- Seneca

“ The willing are led by fate, the reluctant dragged. ”

- Cleanthes

“ Too many people believe that everything must be pleasurable in life. ”

- Robert Greene

“ A rational person can find peace by cultivating indifference to things outside of their control. ”

- Naval Ravikant

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

- The Stoic Emperor

“ Be an island of calm in the sea of craziness. ”

- The Ancient Sage

“ Relentlessly prune bullshit, don’t wait to do things that matter, and savor the time you have. ”

- Paul Graham

“ Be a master of the mind, not mastered by the mind. ”

- Zen proverb

“ The more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable. ”

- Conor McGregor

“ Failure and deprivation are the best educators and purifiers. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn’t have to look outside themselves for approval. ”

- Epictetus

“ Success is based off of your willingness to work your ass off no matter what obstacles are in your way. ”

- David Goggins

“ To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ The ultimate power in life is to be completely self-reliant, completely yourself. ”

- Robert Greene

“ The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable. ”

- Seneca

“ The wise man is neither raised up by prosperity nor cast down by adversity; for always he has striven to rely predominantly on himself, and to derive all joy from himself. ”

- Seneca

“ I love to go and see all the things I am happy without. ”

- Socrates

“ Stoicism is about the domestication of emotions, not their elimination. ”

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“ A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking. ”

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“ Stoicism teaches how to keep a calm and rational mind no matter what happens to you and it helps you understand and focus on what you can control and not worry about and accept what you can’t control. ”

- Jonas Salzgeber

“ Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be, be one. ”

- Marcus Aurelius
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