[Christianity] neither enjoins the nastiness of the Cynic, nor the insensibility of the Stoic. — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
Before the 3rd century you're having several philosophical schools still as a going concern. You have not only the Platonists and the… — Peter Adamson Copy Share Image
“It is a great man that can treat his earthenware as if it was silver, and a man who treats his silver… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
“Stoicism is about Joy, Serenity, Meaning and Purpose. It is about being a useful and important member of society.” — Patrick Ussher Copy Share Image
No doubt, much of the joy of a great romance is the moment when these stoic heroes crack open and reveal themselves… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
Death itself is a natural occurrence, it is unavoidable, and the Stoics thought that part of philosophical practice is to get comfortable… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
Kant has been famous for his rejection of eudaimonism, but I think Kantian ethics has a great deal in common with Aristotle,… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
“The man who looks for the morrow without worrying over it knows a peaceful independence and a happiness beyond all others. Whoever… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Epictetus: "The judgment seat and a prison is each a place, the one high, the other low; but the attitude of your… — James B. Stockdale Copy Share Image
Stoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom. — Bergen Evans Copy Share Image
With patience and calm, persistence and stoicism, good handwriting and careful labeling, they would meet persecution, indignity, and hardship head-on. — Michael Chabon 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
“We should remember that even Nature's inadvertence has its own charm, its own attractiveness. Take the baking of bread. The loaf splits… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
But the people of the disaster area fundamentally needed to understand that the rest of Australia had noticed their misery and their… — Peter Cosgrove Copy Share Image
Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune. — Francois Rabelais 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
“You're sitting there vibrating with 'talent' while the swine are out there eating the crop! Potential is for weaklings and politicians! It… — Lokesh Tuli Copy Share Image
“And here we determine the άκμή [acme], i.e. perfect state, of the nations, which is enjoyed when the sciences, disciplines and arts,… — Giambattista Vico Copy Share Image
Heresy is a word which, when it is used without passion, signifies a private opinion. So the different sects of the old… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
As a political spouse, I've found that my stoicism often serves me well. — Jill Biden Copy Share Image
“When conversing, some people regularly stop talking, not to listen, but to rest their tongues.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“I value my time so much that undressing is the only thing I am willing to do for sex.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“To me, the persistence of my grandfather's rituals meant that he was unchanged, running on discipline and continuance and stoicism. I didn't… — Téa Obreht Copy Share Image
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