Quotes on Stoic

Peace of heart that is won by refusing to bear the common yoke of human sympathy is a peace unworthy of a Christian. To seek tranquility by stopping our ears to the cries of human pain is to make ourselves not Christian but a kind of degenerate stoic having no relation either to stoicism or Christianity.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

A consciousness of wrongdoing is the first step to salvation...you have to catch yourself doing it before you can correct it.

See, I don’t expect to win a prize for stoic control and dignity at mourning time. Death deserve tantrums. Beating back shocked indignation, kicks in the groin, stones, classified unacceptable, not to be tolerated, not to be wooed, not to be conspired with. Only then can music, dance, movies, plays, rap be about life. Only then can life be cherished and adored.

From here on out, there's just reality. I think that's what maturity is: a stoic response to endless reality. But then, what do I know?

What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.