Philosophers Quote by Ryan Holiday

“Great individuals find a way to transform weakness into strength. It’s a rather amazing and even touching feat. They took what should have held…

— Ryan Holiday

“Some of the best things that have ever happened to us wouldn’t have happened to us, if it weren’t for some of the worst…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The areas of great interest to the Stoics all make an appearance here: virtue, mortality, emotions, self-awareness, fortitude, right action, problem solving, acceptance, mental…

— Ryan Holiday

“The image of the Zen philosopher is the monk up in the green, quiet hills, or in a beautiful temple on some rocky cliff.…

— Ryan Holiday

Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient…

— Hu Shih

“The Stoics define wisdom to be conducted by reason, and folly nothing else but the being hurried by passion, lest our life should otherwise…

— Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

“Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal than the…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Socrates was the chief saint of the Stoics throughout their history ; his attitude at the time of his trial, his refusal to escape,…

— Bertrand Russell

The Stoics thought that a fundamental insight into human life is that some things are up to us and others are not, the famous…

— Massimo Pigliucci

The Stoics say, "Retire within yourselves; it is there you will find your rest." And that is not true. Others say, "Go out of…

— Blaise Pascal

“Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, and many others speak of dying for the law, for one’s country, one’s friends, one’s family, even for the emperor.”

— N.T. Wright

“And here lies the essential between Stoicism and the modern-day 'cult of optimism.' For the Stoics, the ideal state of mind was tranquility, not…

— Oliver Burkeman