31 Deep, Philosophical And Emotional Stoic Quotes

1. "What is to give light must endure burning." (Viktor E. Frankl) Click to tweet

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2. "Life is full of hostility — some of it overt, some clever and underhanded." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet

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3. "A nation is born stoic, and dies epicurean." (Will Durant) Click to tweet

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4. "Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want." (Naval Ravikant) Click to tweet

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5. "Your existence, my existence is just infinitesimal. It’s like a firefly blinking once in the night." (Naval Ravikant) Click to tweet

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6. "You will eventually die and the world will keep moving." (Life Math Money) Click to tweet

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7. "Unfollow the mind. Follow the heart. Mute the masses."Click to tweet

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8. "What upsets people is not things themselves, but their judgements about these things." (Epictetus) Click to tweet

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9. "Whatever happens at all happens as it should; you will find this true, if you watch narrowly." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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10. "Why is this so unbearable? Why can’t i endure it? You’ll be embarrassed to answer." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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11. "Many will choose the stability of slavery over the uncertainty of freedom."Click to tweet

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12. "Much of what other people know isn’t worth knowing." (Nassim Nicholas Taleb) Click to tweet

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13. "Always resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honour and duty." (Jane Austen) Click to tweet

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14. "Expect the river to be wild, surprising and challenging. To expect the opposite is to live in delusion." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet

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15. "You are scared of dying—and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different than being dead?" (Seneca) Click to tweet

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16. "You need not look about for the reward of a just deed; a just deed in itself offers a still greater return." (Seneca) Click to tweet

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17. "Effortless stoicism will come when you have dismantled everything in your mind that produces reactions." (James Pierce) Click to tweet

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18. "I’m happy as hell, but i’m also real. Happy didn’t get me here. But going through hell to get to where i’m at made me happy." (David Goggins) Click to tweet

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19. "You become what you give your attention to… if you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will." (Epictetus) Click to tweet

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20. "An hour of deeply contemplating your own moral failures will leave you feeling much more forgiving of the foibles of others."Click to tweet

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21. "The universe has been around for a long time, and the universe is a very, very large place. If you’ll study even the smallest bit of science, for all practical purposes we are nothing." (Naval Ravikant) Click to tweet

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22. "Remind yourself that the past and future are ‘indifferent’ to you, and that the supreme good, and eudaimonia, can only exist within you, right now, in the present moment." (Donald J. Robertson) Click to tweet

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23. "This is an era of universal hyperbole. Every day delivers a new banality disguised as an emergency. Distrust your first reactions. Begin with the assumption that you are overreacting. Conserve your emotional energies for your real concerns."Click to tweet

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24. "“why do i keep repeating harmful behaviors/habits when i know they are bad for me?” Because they give you pleasure or help you avoid discomfort. And you are too weak to let go of a little pleasure or to bear a little discomfort."Click to tweet

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25. "We’re not really here that long, and we don’t really matter that much. Nothing that we do lasts. Eventually, you will fade. Your works will fade. Your children will fade. Your thoughts will fade. These planets will fade. This sun will fade. It will all be gone." (Naval Ravikant) Click to tweet

26. "Almost all americans own a smartphone or a computer. Each device contains the library of alexandria. The sum total of all world knowledge. You can learn anything. Why don’t you? Too busy tracking social status. Too enthralled by imagery your evolution can’t resist."Click to tweet

27. "Take a deep breath. You’re living the dream life of hundreds of millions who are below poverty line people. You have some of the best comforts available to you. You live better than kings did 100 years ago! What the f*ck are you so worried and stressed out all the time about?" (Life Math Money) Click to tweet

28. "Everyone faces up more bravely to a thing for which he has long prepared himself, sufferings, even, being withstood if they have been trained for in advance. Those who are unprepared, on the other hand, are panic-stricken by the most insignificant happenings." (Seneca) Click to tweet

29. "Run down the list of those who felt intense anger at something: the most famous, the most unfortunate, the most hated, the most whatever: where is all that now? Smoke, dust, legend… or not even a legend. Think of all the examples. And how trivial the things we want so passionately are." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

30. "Everything that happens is either endurable or not. If it’s endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining. If it’s unendurable… then stop complaining. Your destruction will mean its end as well. Just remember: you can endure anything your mind can make endurable, by treating it as in your interest to do so." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

31. "Conviction is much more powerful than “positive thinking”. Positive thinking is fragile and easily shattered by random tragedy. Random tragedy is an inevitable feature of life. Conviction guides you through misfortune. It does not wish it away. Purpose outdoes positivity."Click to tweet