508 Quotes About Stoicism

We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.

The problem with pleasure is that it needs to be intermittent in order to retain its pleasantness.

We get a taste of death, not when we’re asleep, but when we awake.

Fools refuse to truly believe that a thing can be both delicious or pleasurable … and harmful.

It does good also to take walks out of doors, that our spirits may be raised and refreshed by the open air and fresh breeze: sometimes we gain strength by driving in a carriage, by travel, by change of air, or by social meals and a more generous allowance of wine.

An emotion is a mild mental illness.

Giving in to sleep is a great opportunity to practice letting go of life.

Love, unless it is for life as a whole, is contaminated by things such as our preferences and memories.

The wise willingly accept the unwillingness of the foolish to accept what is as part of what is.