Zeno Quotes
“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
“No loss should be more regrettable to us than losing our time, for it's irretrievable.” - Zeno of Citium
“He would stretch his arm out in front of his and show his open palm… and he would point to his hand and say, ‘this is perception.’ Then he would slightly close his fingers… just a little bit… so now he looks like Zeno with arthritis… and he points to his hand NOW and says, ‘This is assent,’ you know… agreement or belief in something. Then he closes his fist tight and points to it and says, ‘This is Comprehension.’ Then he takes his other hand and grabs his fist… holding it closed and says, ‘This is Knowledge.’” - Zeno of Citium
“Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue.” - Zeno of Citium
“If melodiously piping flutes sprang from the olive, would you doubt that a knowledge of flute-playing resided in the olive? And what if plane trees bore harps which gave forth rhythmical sounds? Clearly you would think in the same way that the art of music was possessed by plane trees. Why, then, seeing that the universe gives birth to beings that are animate and wise, should it not be considered animate and wise itself?” - Zeno of Citium
“Fate is the endless chain of causation, whereby things are; the reason or formula by which the world goes on.” - Zeno of Citium
“No evil is honourable: but death is honourable; therefore death is not evil.” - Zeno of Citium
“Steel your sensibilities, so that life shall hurt you as little as possible.” - Zeno of Citium
“No matter whether you claim a slave by purchase or capture, the title is bad. They who claim to own their fellow-men, look down into the pit and forget the justice that should rule the world.” - Zeno of Citium
“Happiness is a good flow of life.” - Zeno of Citium
“A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.” - Zeno of Citium
“The end may be defined as life in accordance with nature or, in other words, in accordance with our own human nature as well as that of the universe.” - Zeno of Citium
“That which exercises reason is more excellent than that which does not exercise reason; there is nothing more excellent than the universe, therefore the universe exercises reason.” - Zeno of Citium
“Love is a God, who cooperates in securing the safety of the city.” - Zeno of Citium
“Follow where reason leads.” - Zeno of Citium
“Fortune bids me to follow philosophy with fewer encumbrance.” - Zeno of Citium
“Seeing that the universe gives birth to beings that are animate and wise, should it not be considered animate and wise itself?” - Zeno of Citium
“No one entrusts a secret to a drunken man; but one will entrust a secret to a drunken man; therefore, the good man will not get drunk.” - Zeno of Citium
“The avaricious man is like the barren, sandy ground of the desert, which sucks in all the rain and dews with greediness but yields no fruitful herbs or plants for the benefit of others.” - Zeno of Citium
“Man seems to be deficient in nothing so much as he is in time.” - Zeno of Citium
“By silence, I hear other men’s imperfections and conceal my own.” - Zeno of Citium
“Extravagance is its own destroyer.” - Zeno of Citium