Christianity Quote by Tullian Tchividjian

Every stoic was a stoic; but in Christendom where is the Christian?

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“FOR EVERY STOIC WAS A STOIC BUT WHERE IN CHRISTENDOM IS THE CHRISTIAN?”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is better to be a well-rounded Christian than a stoic, hypocrite.”

— Lisa Askew

“The Christian is not a Stoic. Neither does he flee into a fantasy world that denies the reality of suffering.”

— R.C. Sproul

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

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

[Christianity] neither enjoins the nastiness of the Cynic, nor the insensibility of the Stoic.

— George Berkeley

“Quietism, Buddhism, and other religions, everything which denies the flesh—is the great inferiority to God in ourselves, an escapism seeking sanctuary through fear of…

— Austin Osman Spare

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

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

“When we survey the whole field of religion, we find a great variety in the thoughts that have prevailed there; but the feelings on…

— William James

I've gotten a lot of comfort from the philosophy of the Roman Stoics. For me, one of the most powerful ideas of Stoicism is…

— Elif Batuman