Stoic Quotes: Timeless Wisdom for a Fulfilling Life - page 4

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
We can learn from the Stoics to practice self-discipline and self-control.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
 Seneca
We can use Stoic philosophy to develop a sense of inner peace and serenity, even in the midst of chaos.
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Stoicism reminds us that our thoughts are within our control, and we can choose to think positively.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
The Stoic embraces the uncertainty of life, and sees it as an opportunity for growth and self-discovery.
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Stoicism teaches us to let go of our attachment to material possessions, and to focus on what truly matters.
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The Stoic believes in taking responsibility for their own actions and decisions.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
To become a stoic is to endorse the truthfulness of its world view and accept its prescription for how you ought to live, not just to like how it makes you feel.
 Julian Baggini
We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.
 Karl Popper
I am not sure whether ethical absolutes exist. But I am sure that we have to act as if they existed or civilization perishes.
 Arthur Koestler
He who would govern his actions by the laws of virtue must regulate his thoughts by those of reason.
Prudence is the virtue of the senses. It is the science of appearances. It is the outmost action of the inward life.
Selfness is an essential fact of life. The thought of nonselfness, precise sameness is terrifying.
 Lewis Thomas
Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
Avoid the crowd, avoid mass audiences, keep your own counsel, which is the counsel of philosophy of wisdom you can acquire and make your own.
Avoid the crowd, avoid mass audiences, keep your own counsel, which is the counsel of philosophy of wisdom you can acquire and make your own.
 Zygmunt Bauman
If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?