508 Quotes About Stoicism

Tomorrow’s worries contaminate the present.

What are virtues, if not practiced evenly in both times of joy and in hardships?

I’ve let people’s opinions, my own self judgements and many negative things take this life away from me. No more!

Once you make a decision and then act on it, you have actually fulfilled the object of the game. This will probably surprise you, but what happens next in the hand after you act is not important. It does not matter what your opponents do next and it's immaterial whether or not you win the hand. The most important thing is that you understand why you're making the play and what goal you're trying to accomplish.

I value my time so much that undressing is the only thing I am willing to do for sex.

Every second is a step away from our mothers’ wombs towards our own tombs.

When a dog is tied to a cart, if it wants to follow, it is pulled and follows, making its spontaneous act coincide with necessity. But if the dog does not follow, it will be compelled in any case. So it is with men too: even if they don't want to, they will be compelled to follow what is destined.

Telling some people not to waste time is a waste of time.

All that exists is the seed of what will emerge from it.