508 Quotes About Stoicism

It is our natural and moral duty as consumers of other living things to someday die.

We lose a significant portion of our lives attending ceremonies for people who have lost theirs.

Those who died quietly asleep are not less dead than those who were killed awake by bombs.

It is childish to be surprised by something that you knew exists or is possible.

Rejection of desire is liberating. Renunciation is a form of power.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

Escaping death is a temporary victory.

We have control over when, how, and where to plant a seed, not over what it will become.

When you are disturbed by events and lose your serenity, quickly return to yourself and don't stay upset longer than the experience lasts; for you'll have more mastery over your inner harmony by continually returning to it.