30 phrases from Stoicism for those who are passionate about Greek philosophy

The soul is dyed with the color of its thoughts.

Marco Aurelio

Often, not only those who do, but also those who fail to do something, make mistakes.

Marco Aurelio

Practice each of your acts as if it were the last of your life.

Marco Aurelio

Don’t waste time arguing about what a good man should be. Be.

Marco Aurelio

The aim of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the mad.

Marco Aurelio

I consider you unfortunate because you have never experienced misfortune. You’ve gone through life without an opponent—no one can know what you’re capable of, not even you.

seneca

You are afraid to die, but what is your life today but death?

seneca

Hurry up to live well and think that each day is a life in itself.

seneca

We dare not do many things because they are difficult, but they are difficult because we do not dare to do them.

seneca

Hidden hatreds are worse than uncovered ones.

seneca

Wealth does not consist in having great possessions, but in having few needs.

Epictetus

If the problem has a solution, we shouldn’t worry about it. And if there’s no solution, it’s no use worrying.

Epictetus

Do not seek happiness outside, but within yourself, otherwise you will never find it.

Epictetus

Man is not so much concerned with real problems as with imagined anxieties about real problems.

Epictetus

There is only one way to happiness (may it be present in your spirit from dawn, day and night): it is to renounce things that do not depend on our will.

Epictetus

Tomorrow exists only in thought. Yesterday exists only in memory. The present is chance constructed by consciousness.

Zeno of Citium

No loss should be more sensitive to us than that of time, because it is irreparable.

Zeno of Citium

Remember that nature has given us two ears and one mouth to teach us that it is better to listen than to talk.

Zeno of Citium

The meaning of life is to be in accord with nature.

Zeno of Citium

The end can be defined as life according to nature or, in other words, according to our own human nature and also that of the universe.

Zeno of Citium

No man is by nature a slave.

Zeno of Citium

The sage is not moved by anyone and does not condemn anyone for a mistake made.

Zeno of Citium

Fools don’t need anything, for they don’t know how to use anything, but they lack everything.

Chrysippus of Solis

There could be no justice unless there was also injustice; without courage, unless there was cowardice; no truth unless there was falsehood.

Chrysippus of Solis

I myself think that the wise man meddles little or nothing in business and does his own thing.

Chrysippus of Solis

If I followed the crowd, I wouldn’t have studied philosophy.

Chrysippus of Solis

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.

Marco Aurelio

Having a balanced mind is the greatest virtue.

heraclitus

The lives of men who spend their time in business, and who wish to be useful to themselves and others, are exposed to constant and almost daily problems and sudden dangers. To protect yourself and avoid this, it is necessary to have a mind that is always ready and alert, like athletes.

panetium