Stoic Quotes

“You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” - Marcus Aurelius
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” - Marcus Aurelius
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. Think constantly on the changes of the elements into each other, for such thoughts wash away the dust of earthly life.” - Marcus Aurelius
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” - Marcus Aurelius
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” - Marcus Aurelius
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” - Marcus Aurelius
“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.” - Marcus Aurelius
“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.” - Marcus Aurelius
“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.” - Marcus Aurelius
“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.” - Marcus Aurelius

Seneca Quotes - Stoicism

“We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” ― Seneca
“Man is affected not by events but by the view he takes of them.” ― Seneca
“Love in its essence is spiritual fire.” ― Seneca
“Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.” ― Seneca
“How does it help… to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?” ― Seneca
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.” ― Seneca
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.” ― Seneca
“Time heals what reason cannot.” ― Seneca
“Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say; let speech harmonize with life.” ― Seneca
“Life, if well lived, is long enough.” ― Seneca

“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.” - Zeno of Citium
“Man conquers the world by conquering himself.” - Zeno of Citium
“The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature.” - Zeno of Citium
“Well-being is attained little by little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.” - Zeno of Citium
“When a dog is tied to a cart, if it wants to follow, it is pulled and follows, making its spontaneous act coincide with necessity. But if the dog does not follow, it will be compelled in any case. So it is with men too: even if they don't want to, they will be compelled to follow what is destined.” - Zeno of Citium
“If being is many, it must be both like and unlike, and this is impossible, for neither can the like be unlike, nor the unlike like.” - Zeno of Citium
“The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.” - Zeno of Citium
“All the good are friends of one another.” - Zeno of Citium
“A friend is our alter ego.” - Zeno of Citium
“Nothing is more hostile to a firm grasp on knowledge than self-deception.” - Zeno of Citium

“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” ― Epictetus
“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.” ― Epictetus
“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” ― Epictetus
“A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.” ― Epictetus
“The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.” ― Epictetus
“Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.” ― Epictetus
“Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.” ― Epictetus
“Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.” ― Epictetus
“Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble. It is time to really live; to fully inhabit the situation you happen to be in now.” ― Epictetus
“Don’t seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.” ― Epictetus