From here on out, there's just reality. I think that's what maturity is: a stoic response to endless reality. But then, what… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
Stoicism - and philosophy - are not the domains of idle professors. They are the succor of the successful and the men… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, and many others speak of dying for the law, for one’s country, one’s friends, one’s family, even for… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
You had the stoic Glavine, non-emotional and not knowing what's going on. You had kind of the nerdy professor in Maddux and… — John Smoltz Copy Share Image
“Being a stoic does not mean being a robot. Being a stoic means remaining calm both at the height of pleasure and… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human happiness is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh Seneca” — Will Jelbert Copy Share Image
The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is… — Roger Avary Copy Share Image
The network told me to get rid of Number One, the woman first lieutenant, and also get rid of 'that Martian fellow'...… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
“The image of the Zen philosopher is the monk up in the green, quiet hills, or in a beautiful temple on some… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“To this, more orthodox Stoics might object that ‘tranquillity’ (ataraxia) is traditionally seen as a positive side-effect of virtue rather than the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the Ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
“When you are disturbed by events and lose your serenity, quickly return to yourself and don't stay upset longer than the experience… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
If you are a Christian, you can still practice Stoicism and think of the Logos as the Word of God. If you… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
“His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -- the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans -- and summed up all… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I'm a stoic. When something goes down the pan, enjoy it. Make the best out of a bad job. I'm not the… — Vic Reeves Copy Share Image
“Suddenly I know just what I’m going to do. Something that will blow anything Peeta did right out of the water. I… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“All this is, of course, the old philosophic distinction between reason and passion; but Spinoza adds vitally to Socrates and the Stoics.… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“The prevailing mood of the painting is stoicism: one man enduring for the sake of science, the other for subsistence. Given the… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“As social beings, it is in our relationships that we have most opportunity to flourish. Indeed, the Stoics argued that our own… — Donald J. Robertson Copy Share Image
“For the Stoics, however, the near impossibility of becoming a sage is not a problem. They talk about sages primarily so they… — William B. Irvine Copy Share Image
“Quite simply, the Count’s father had believed that while a man should attend closely to life, he should not attend too closely… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“If all emotions are common coin, then what is unique to the good man? To welcome with affection what is sent by… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“In conformity with this spirit and aim of the Stoa, Epictetus begins with it and constantly returns to it as the kernel… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“The supreme ideal does not call for any external aids. It is homegrown, wholly self-developed. Once it starts looking outside itself for… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Above all, the Stoics sought wisdom, a condition that I myself hope to achieve after I stop wrecking and burning things.” — James Morrow Copy Share Image
“Philosophy calls for simple living, not for doing penance, and the simple way of life need not be a crude one.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
The Stoics also teach that God is unity, and that he is called Mind and Fate and Jupiter, and by many other… — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
Stoicism is a philosophy designed for the masses, and if it has to be simplified a bit to reach the masses, so… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Stoicism sure comes in handy when they take away your underpants. But how to reconcile it with one's insatiable need for other… — Piper Kerman Copy Share Image
Normal people think we're highly dependent and can't live without ongoing support, but in fact there are times when we're stoic heroes. — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“Gary Tolan is a great man because he stands firm in his purpose, moves with integrity, and builds his life with intention—not… — Gary Tolan aka King Tolan Copy Share Image
Black Bolt is typically a stoic leader, part of a larger cast of Inhumans who get their hands dirty in ways that… — Charles Soule Copy Share Image
To become a stoic is to endorse the truthfulness of its world view and accept its prescription for how you ought to… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
“All their principles are true, sceptics, stoics, atheists, etc...but their conclusions are false, because the contrary principles are also true.” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Reading Epictetus, I realized that most of the pain in my life came not from any actual privations or insults but, rather,… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
I'm basically a stoic person anyway, so I just decided to maybe emphasise that, and I was surprised as anybody that it… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
“The Hermit of the Commonwealth. That had a solid ring to it. Stoic and aesthetic. There was only one problem with the… — Alan Dean Foster Copy Share Image
“The Christian is not a Stoic. Neither does he flee into a fantasy world that denies the reality of suffering.” — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
