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Stoic Quotes · Page 2
Embrace the ancient philosophy of Stoicism with powerful quotes from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca. Learn to focus on what you control and find peace in any circumstance.
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“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.”
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”
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“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”
“Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.”
“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.”
“Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if you will ever dig.”
“Let the man who would be grateful think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.”
“If you wish to fear nothing, consider that everything is to be feared.”
“Those who do not observe the movements of their own minds must of necessity be unhappy.”
“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.”
“For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.”
“With every accident, ask yourself what abilities you have for making a proper use of it.”
“Everything has two handles, the one by which it may be carried, the other by which it cannot.”
“Anytus and Melitus may kill me indeed, but hurt me they cannot.”