508 Quotes About Stoicism

Emilio was certainly within his rights not to reveal the sordid details of his childhood even to his friends. Or perhaps especially to his friends, whose good opinion of him, he might feel, would not survive the revelations.

An accident is often caused by an attempt to prevent one.

Just as the earth that bears the man who tills and digs it, to bear those who speak ill of them, is a quality of the highest respect.

The ability to utter wise words is not exclusive to the wise.

A truth whispered is not less truthful. And an untruth shouted is not less untruthful.

Not having expected an event makes it seem way better or worse than it really is.

99.99% of fools deny their foolishness. The rest underestimate it.

Seeing that our birth involves the blending of these two things—the body, on the one hand, that we share with animals, and, on the other hand, rationality and intelligence, that we share with the gods—most of us incline to this former relationship, wretched and dead though it is, while only a few to the one that is divine and blessed.

We prefer our way into things such as regret, unhappiness, and anxiety.