Quotes about Stoicism

We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, "Oh, nothing!

He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

when she was pregnant, so Nan was born in a workhouse. She never talked about it, but it seemed to have left her as someone nothing could faze,

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

It's good to suffer. Dont complain. Bear, bow, accept - and be grateful that God has made you suffer. For this makes you better than the people who are laughing and happy.

No happy person can be quite so impervious to pain (Gail Wynand to Dominique Francon)

There is no necessity for pain-why, then, is the worst pain reserved for those who will not accept its necessity?

The crowd had stared at him and given up angrily, finding no satisfaction. He did not look crushed and he did not look defiant. He looked impersonal and calm. He was not like a public figure in a public place; he was like a man alone in his own room, listening to the radio.

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.