Quotes about Stoicism

Apropos of which, Diogenes says somewhere that one way to guarantee freedom is to be ready to die.

So in the field of assent you cannot be hindered or obstructed. 'Evidently.

I must be exiled; but is there anything to keep me from going with a smile, calm and self-composed?

impassivity and a good flow of life are not attained except through unerring desire and unfailing avoidance

No, I cannot escape death, but at least I can escape the fear of it — or do I have to die moaning and groaning too?

It is not the person who insults or attacks you who torments your mind, but the view you take of these things.

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. CXXIII

19] 'My brother shouldn't have treated me in this way.' Indeed he shouldn't, but it's for him to see to that. For my part, however he treats me, I should conduct myself towards him as I ought. For that is my business, and the rest is not my concern. In this no one can hinder me, while everything else is subject to hindrance.

FOR EVERY STOIC WAS A STOIC BUT WHERE IN CHRISTENDOM IS THE CHRISTIAN?

For every stoic was a stoic; but in Christendom where is the Christian?

I see great things in baseball. It's our game--the American game. It will take our people out of doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us

Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining pure, wise, sober, just?