“A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.”
Quotes about stoicism
169 quotes
Quotes, most loved first
“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”
“Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.”
“It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.”
“The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.”
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.”
“The wish for healing has always been half of health.”
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
“Do every act of your life as if it were your last.”
“If you wished to be loved, love.”
“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.”
“There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.”
“Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.”
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
“The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.”
“Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.”
“Only the educated are free.”
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
“Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.”
“Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.”
“The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.”
“Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
“All art is but imitation of nature.”
“Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.”