Stoicism Quotes

"To lose patience is to lose the battle" "Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm" "Stoicism is about the domestication of emotions, not their elimination" "Life, if well lived, is long enough." "Man is affected not by events but by the view he takes of them." "There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot." "Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." "Confine yourself to the present" "He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary" "The resolute acceptance of the unavoidable is the beginning of wisdom" "The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have." "Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness—all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil." "Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses." "There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage." "To love only what happens, what was destined. No greater harmony."