508 Quotes About Stoicism

People often give us a piece of their mind with the intention to take away our peace of mind.

Usually, that which could have been better could have been worse.

Human beings are makers, usually of a mountain out of a molehill.

Our mind can be in heaven while our body is in hell. And vice versa.

Having problems is not nearly as tormenting as being had by problems.

We can always choose not what we see but how we look at what we see.

Life is such unutterable hell, solely because it is sometimes beautiful. If we could only be miserable all the time, if there could be no such things as love or beauty or faith or hope, if I could be absolutely certain that my love would never be returned: how much more simple life would be. One could plod through the Siberian salt mines of existence without being bothered about happiness.

We are more in control of how much we know than we are of how much we have.

To the wise, peace of mind is the result of being fine with how things are; to the foolish, the result of things being fine.