508 Quotes About Stoicism

It is not the man who has too little that is poor, but the one who hankers after more.

If what you have seems insufficient to you, then though you possess the world, you will yet be miserable.

Remember that all we have is “on loan” from Fortune, which can reclaim it without our permission—indeed, without even advance notice. Thus, we should love all our dear ones, but always with the thought that we have no promise that we may keep them forever—nay, no promise even that we may keep them for long.

Today I escaped anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions — not outside.

It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.

Thoroughly convinced of the impossibility of his own suit, a high resolve constrained him not to injure that of another. This is a lover's most stoical virtue, as the lack of it is a lover's most venial sin.

[A] resistance that dispenses with consolations is always stronger than one which relies on them.

A true believer in God prays only to thank, never to ask; and welcomes, with open arms, every single thing that is happening.

Some of the things we are trying to pray away were caused by some of our answered prayers.