Stoic Quotes

43 quotes by 40 authors

CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he… — Ambrose Bierce
I practice stoic philosophy. As a human being, you may have emotions, but these don't need to affect your soul. The two are not one. — Daphne Guinness
An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic. — Johan Huizinga
To become a stoic is to endorse the truthfulness of its world view and accept its prescription for how you ought to live, not just… — Julian Baggini
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D. H. Lawrence
A good social system is not to be secured by making people unselfish, but, by making their own vital impulses fit in with other peoples.… — Bertrand Russell
God expects you to have enough faith and determination and enough trust in Him to keep moving, keep living, keep rejoicing. In fact, He expects… — Jeffrey R. Holland
Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with less of stoic courage than is needed by skeptics. — Bertrand Russell
Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line from the Greek… — Elizabeth Gilbert
From here on out, there's just reality. I think that's what maturity is: a stoic response to endless reality. But then, what do I know? — Carrie Fisher
Yeah, and so Max and Dylan are supposed to, like, go to Germany and have kids together," I heard Gazzy say. My eyes popped open… — James Patterson
You're a pretty cool customer, huh?" says Agent Hunt. "I hide my inner pain under my stoic visage." Agent Hunt looks like he would like… — Holly Black
A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Her lie was symptomatic of a certain pride she took in mocking the romantic, in being unsentimental, matter-of-fact, stoic; yet at heart she was the… — Alain de Botton
After a lifetime of nods, frowns and stoic smiles, they were both fluent in emotional shorthand. — Jamie Ford
The guy behind the counter scratches his neck. â€œAre you being serious?â€ Her face is stoic. â€œAbsolutely. I never kid about teddy bears. — Jessica Sorensen
These?" Mat said, gesturing to his coat and shirt. "I really have no idea. They were just down there. I'm completely baffled." He had been… — Robert Jordan
He should have said something, why hadn't he? Costis wondered. In fact, the king had. He had complained at every step all the way across… — Megan Whalen Turner
It made Costis wonder for the first time just how much the stoic man really wants to hide when he unsuccessfully pretends not to be… — Megan Whalen Turner
In my early to mid-20s, a fear of confrontation made it difficult for me to end relationships in a mature or even quasi-sane way. Instead,… — Koren Zailckas

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