Stoics Quotes

13 quotes by 11 authors

Human nature, if healthy, demands excitement; and if it does not obtain its thrilling excitement in the right way, it will seek it in the… — Oswald Chambers
In lazy apathy let stoics boast, their virtue fixed, 'tis fixed as in a frost. — Alexander Pope
Anger, the Stoics said, was a short madness. — Philip Sidney
At first sight nothing seems more obvious than that everything has a beginning and an end, and that everything can be subdivided into smaller parts.… — Svante Arrhenius
Reassurance can actually exacerbate anxiety: when you reassure your friend that the worst-case scenario he fears probably won't occur, you inadvertently reinforce his belief that… — Oliver Burkeman
Spartans, stoics, heroes, saints and gods use short and positive speech. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A thought experiment courtesy of the Stoics. If you are tired of everything you possess, imagine that you have lost all these things. — Jenny Offill
The Stoics say, "Retire within yourselves; it is there you will find your rest." And that is not true. Others say, "Go out of yourselves;… — Blaise Pascal
No choice maxims - we Stoics don't practice that kind of window dressing. — Seneca the Younger
Even the stoics agree that certainty is very hard to come at; that our assent is worth little, for where is infallibility to be found? — Marcus Aurelius
Let the stoics say what they please, we do not eat for the good of living, but because the meat is savory and the appetite… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In lazy apathy let stoics boast, their virtue fix'd: 't is fix'd as in a frost; contracted all, retiring to the breast; but strength of… — Alexander Pope
Stoics follow each other like sheep. Wanting glorification for their nature as to say they think they're cosmological leaders over nature. — Jeremy Limn

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