“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it;… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“He liked the English and their peculiarities. He liked their stoicism under pressure; on the wall in his factory he kept a… — Natasha Solomons Copy Share Image
The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain. — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
“At least when I bleed, it’s my own blood. At least when I fuck up, it’s my own fault. I own my… — Lokesh Tuli 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
My parents, Arthur and Olwen, were honest, working-class people who raised my brother Arthur, sister June, and me with the values of… — David Jason Copy Share Image
“The women who are matter-of-fact, or stoic, as they undergo this procedure far outnumber those who are anxious or tearful.” — Willie Parker Copy Share Image
Christianity is in no way a stoic faith. It fundamentally rejects the "stiff upper lip" school of thought. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
“Both Stoicism and Epicureanism—. the apathetic acceptance of defeat, and the effort to forget defeat in the arms of pleasure—were theories as… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
I also think there is a wisdom and strength in that generation [of our parents], in terms of getting through difficult times,… — James Redford Copy Share Image
“[A] resistance that dispenses with consolations is always stronger than one which relies on them.” — Perry Anderson Copy Share Image
At first sight nothing seems more obvious than that everything has a beginning and an end, and that everything can be subdivided… — Svante Arrhenius Copy Share Image
Does Christ commend the famous 'apathy' of the Stoic or the Buddhist elimination of desire? Far from it. The issue is not… — Dallas Willard 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
But, if we explore the literature of Heroism, we shall quickly come to Plutarch, who is its Doctor and historian. To him… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The Sage desires only one thing, virtue, and he is cautious about only one thing, vice. He is the same in every… — Donald J. Robertson Copy Share Image
The stoicism that comes of endurance has something of death in it. — Mary Catherwood 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
“Submission, when it is submission to the truth — and when the truth is known to be both beautiful and merciful —… — Gai Eaton Fakhr ad-Din ar-Razi Copy Share Image
“Some of the best things that have ever happened to us wouldn’t have happened to us, if it weren’t for some of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“If you haven’t learned something From periods of suffering, If you haven’t wrung the juices Of your own pain and drank them… — Eric Overby Copy Share Image
I'm a really stoic artist. I'm serious a lot of times. I can joke and play sometimes, but most of the time,… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
