Exercise Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“And do you know why we have not the power to attain this Stoic ideal? It is because we refuse to believe in our…

— Seneca

“Power is not something to be destroyed: that remains beyond our means. What we can do, however, is understand its mechanism and do everything…

— Guy Hocquenghem

“The Stoic discovers the model for his virtuous conduct in studying the laws of nature; just as each object, plant, and animal serves its…

— Marcus Aurelius

“But the lust for power never dies- men cannot have enough. No one will lift a hand to send it from his door, to…

— Aeschylus

For men to plunge headlong into an undertaking of vast change, they must be intensely discontented yet not destitute, and they must have the…

— Eric Hoffer

“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

“According to the Stoics therefore a man is free if his desires are not thwarted. However, if we only desire what is within our…

— Donald J. Robertson

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 stoic says the universe Is leagued to try the sage's virtue. If evil smites you, look for worse, And if it hurts you,…

— Morris Bishop

As a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing,but…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

The power, which resides in man, is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A real man can use power, rather than let power use him”

— Moffat Machingura