Quotes about Stoicism
At present, likewise, there are among Christians new Stoics who think it a vice not only to groan and weep, but even to be sad or upset. And indeed, these ridiculous ideas generally come from idle men.
— John Calvin
I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?
— Epictetus
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
— Marcus Aurelius
It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.
— Publilius Syrus
There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.
— Marcus Aurelius
Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune, " but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.
— Marcus Aurelius
According to the Stoics, all vice was resolvable into folly: according to the Christian principle, it is all the effect of weakness.
— John Quincy Adams
Be your own master, and look at things as a man, as a human being, as a citizen, as a mortal creature.
— Marcus Aurelius
Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears.
— Marcus Aurelius
It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance
— Epictetus
If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good.
— Epictetus
We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
— Epictetus