22 Quotes from Great Stoics to change your Perspective on Life!
Stoic philosophy has given me a completely new perspective on life.
Stoicism is a full-fledged guide on how to live or rather how to react to this world.
Although, I am no way near to mastering this philosophy and its lesson, even a small bit of this vast ocean, does wonder.
I have shared a few things that I particularly liked and that resonated with me, but those are just the surface.
So, today I am putting together a list of some of the best quotes from stoics, for all of you.
So, without any further ado, let's see some of the best quotes.
From Marcus Aurelius
1) “If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.”
2) “Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.”
3) “Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.”
4) “It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.”
5) “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be One.”
6) “Choose not to be harmed — and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed — and you haven’t been.”
7) “Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.”
8) “External things are not the problem. It’s your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now.”
9) “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
10) “You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.”
From Seneca
11) “He who fears death will never do anything worthy of a man who is alive.”
12) “I judge you unfortunate because you have never lived through misfortune. You have passed through life without an opponent — no one can ever know what you are capable of, not even you.”
13) “Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well-ordered mind than a man’s ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.”
14) “How does it help…to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?”
15) “Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms — you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.”
16) “He who is brave is free.”
From Epictetus
17) “Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.”
18) “Don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will — then your life will flow well.”
19) “If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, ‘He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would have not mentioned these alone.’”
20) “How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?”
21) “A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.”
22) “No person is free who is not master of himself.”
Each of these lines is deep into How you should live your life.
If one can apply only a few of these during their lifetime, they will experience the real essence of life and happiness.
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