Quotes Tagged With :stoicism

I must fling myself down and writhe; I must strive with every piece of force I possess; I bruise and....

Warriors should suffer their pain silently.

It was as if I'd lost some cosmic game of musical chairs; the song had stopped, I was left standing,....

Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.

In the evening I came home and read about the Messina earthquake, and how the relief ships arrived, and....

From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unreasonable,....

Most of us are “living the dream” living, that is, the dream we once had for ourselves.

But Moominmamma was quite unperturbed. "Well, well!" she said, "it seems to me that our guests are having....

Even the least of our activities ought to have some end in view.

And here lies the essential between Stoicism and the modern-day 'cult of optimism.' For the Stoics, the....