I don't see any Stoic practice as problematic or risky, but I would advise to engage in extreme versions of the negative… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
“And do you know why we have not the power to attain this Stoic ideal? It is because we refuse to believe… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.” — Marcus Aurelius Stoicism” — Dominic Mann Copy Share Image
“Stoic tranquility was a psychological state marked by the absence of negative emotions, such as grief, anger, and anxiety, and the presence… — William B. Irvine Copy Share Image
So I should say that civilizations begin with religion and stoicism: they end with scepticism and unbelief, and the undisciplined pursuit of… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
The Stoics thought that a fundamental insight into human life is that some things are up to us and others are not,… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
There are a lot of women out there who really want a manly man, and they want his stoicism. — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
Stoicism is about the *domestication* of emotions, not their elimination. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.” Epictetus” — Change Your Life Publishing 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
“Bohr is really doing what the Stoic allegorists did to close the gap between their world and Homer's, or what St. Augustine… — Frank Kermode Copy Share Image
Socrates was the chief saint of the Stoics throughout their history ; his attitude at the time of his trial, his refusal… — Bertrand Russell 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
Begin at once to live and count each day a separate life time.” - Seneca “Our lives are the sum total of… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality. I often imagine… — Joe Dunthorne Copy Share Image
“Seneca and stoicism as a back door to explain why everything antifragile has to have more upside than downside” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“The Stoic discovers the model for his virtuous conduct in studying the laws of nature; just as each object, plant, and animal… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
After a lifetime of nods, frowns and stoic smiles, they were both fluent in emotional shorthand. — Jamie Ford Copy Share Image
“If you have assumed any character beyond your strength, you have both demeaned yourself ill in that and quitted one which you… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“It’s kind of a stoic life, to survive strictly on your obsessions. It’s also kind of religious, sometimes. You could say that… — Roland Kelts Copy Share Image
Let the stoics say what they please, we do not eat for the good of living, but because the meat is savory… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
