508 Quotes About Stoicism

A surprising number of people believe that other people can hurt their feelings.

Stoicism is Buddhism without the dogma.

A thing named, misnamed, unnamed, or renamed is still itself.

To give something or someone your attention is to give it or them a portion of your life.

The most common act of violence is the relentless mental violence we perpetrate upon ourselves with nothing other than our thoughts.

Being patient with a fool requires one not to be one.

If you haven’t learned something From periods of suffering,If you haven’t wrung the juices Of your own pain and drank them For your own nourishment,You have wasted your experience And missed the chance To expand the capacity For being stronger the next time That these seasons arrive at your door.

Sometimes you find yourself so grateful that a prayer of yours was not answered that you pray that it be ignored. Just in case it is on the waiting list of prayers to be answered.

I sacrificed much to be where I am today, yet I will sacrifice much more to get to where I need to be someday.