History Quote by Jeremy Limn

Stoicism is a philosophy designed for the masses, and if it has to be simplified a bit to reach the masses, so be it.

— Ryan Holiday

To become a stoic is to endorse the truthfulness of its world view and accept its prescription for how you ought to live, not…

— Julian Baggini

“One of the first lessons from Stoicism, then, is to focus our attention and efforts where we have the most power and then let…

— Massimo Pigliucci

Stoicism is of no use to me whatsoever. What I'm a big believer in is talking about everything until you're blue in the face.

— David Shields

The essential idea of Stoicism in my interpretation is, you don't control the world around you, you control how you respond. At 19, that's…

— Ryan Holiday

The Stoics appear during a huge time of constant wars and real political strife. And it became very popular, I think, because it's a…

— Derren Brown

A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

— Anonymous

“The single most important practice in Stoic philosophy is differentiating between what we can change and what we can’t. What we have influence over…

— Ryan Holiday

Stoicism is about the *domestication* of emotions, not their elimination.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Stoicism is about Joy, Serenity, Meaning and Purpose. It is about being a useful and important member of society.”

— Patrick Ussher

The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact…

— Roger Avary

The Stoic assures us that what is happening now will happen over and over again. [If so, Providende would] ultimately grow weary through despair.

— Bertrand Russell