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7,592	“Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live and a good day to die. Every day is also an apt time to learn and express joy and love for the entire natural world. Each day is an apt time to make contact with other people and express empathy for the entire world. Each day is perfect to accept with indifference all aspects of being.”	stoicism
6,906	“Pursuing similar results for dissimilar people will make fools of kings and kings of fools.”	stoicism
7,528	“An action is at least a billion times less difficult to choose than a reaction.”	stoicism
7,668	“The Greeks not only face facts. They have no desire to escape from them.”	stoicism
7,012	“Well, when do we act like sheep: when we act for the sake of the belly, or of our sex-organs, or at random, or in a filthy fashion, or without due consideration, to what level have we degenerated? To the level of sheep.”	stoicism
7,312	“For I am not everlasting, but a human being, a part of the whole as an hour is a part of the day. Like an hour I must come, and like an hour pass away.”	stoicism
6,809	“If what you have seems insufficient to you, then though you possess the world, you will yet be miserable.”	stoicism
6,998	“Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait not for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do thy duty; nay, do good of thine own accord, and thou wilt be loved like the Sun.”	stoicism
7,317	“Usually, that which could have been better could have been worse.”	stoicism
6,992	“I am acting on behalf of later generations. I am writing down a few things that may be of use to them.”	stoicism
6,775	“Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.”	stoicism
7,091	“For making a good voyage a pilot and wind are necessary: and for happiness, reason and art.”	stoicism
7,237	“A truth is not any less truthful, when it is said by someone who did not discover, or does not understand, it.”	stoicism
7,501	“We ought not, therefore, to give over our hearts for good to any one part of the world. We should live with the conviction: 'I wasn't born for one particular corner: the whole world's my home country.”	stoicism
6,844	“To the wise, peace of mind is the result of being fine with how things are; to the foolish, the result of things being fine.”	stoicism
6,773	“It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.”	stoicism
7,616	“We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem.”	stoicism
7,415	“[T]he man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet, will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing. The story is told that someone complained to Socrates that travelling abroad had never done him any good and received the reply: "What else can you expect, seeing that you always take yourself along with you when you go abroad?‟”	stoicism
6,887	“If you come across any special trait of meanness or stupidity … you must be careful not to let it annoy or distress you, but to look upon it merely as an addition to your knowledge—a new fact to be considered in studying the character of humanity. Your attitude towards it will be that of the mineralogist who stumbles upon a very characteristic specimen of a mineral.”	stoicism
7,650	“And here lies the essential difference between Stoicism and the modern-day 'cult of optimism.' For the Stoics, the ideal state of mind was tranquility, not the excitable cheer that positive thinkers usually seem to mean when they use the word, 'happiness.' And tranquility was to be achieved not by strenuously chasing after enjoyable experiences, but by cultivating a kind of calm indifference towards one's circumstances.”	stoicism
7,375	“Philosophy is not an occupation of a popular nature, nor is it pursued for the sake of self-advertisement. Its concern is not with words, but with facts. It is not carried on with the object of passing the day in an entertaining sort of way and taking the boredom out of leisure. It moulds and builds the personality, orders one’s life, regulates one’s conduct, shows one what one should do and what one should leave undone, sits at the helm and keeps one on the correct course as one is tossed about in perilous seas. Without it no one can lead a life free of fear or worry. Every hour of the day countless situations arise that call for advice, and for that advice we have to look to philosophy.”	stoicism
7,273	“Si len úbohá dušička nesúca mŕtvolu,” ako vravel Epiktetos.”	stoicism
7,343	“Soon earth will cover us all. Then in time earth, too, will change; later, what issues from this change will itself in turn incessantly change, and so again will all that then takes its place, even unto the world's end. to let the mind dwell on these swiftly rolling billows of change and transformation is to know a contempt for all things mortal.”	stoicism
7,210	“Sex for pleasure is chewing gum for genitals.”	stoicism
6,963	“Kindness has become so rare that it provokes perplexity about what's sincere and what's deceitful.”	stoicism
7,616	“We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem.”	stoicism
7,484	“If you lose today every-day, you are lost every-day.”	stoicism
7,161	“People seek retreats for themselves in the countryside by the seashore, in the hills, and you too have made it your habit to long for that above all else. But this is altogether unphilosophical, when it is possible for you to retreat into yourself whenever you please; for nowhere can one retreat into greater peace or freedom from care than within one’s own soul, especially when a person has such things within him that he merely has to look at them to recover from that moment perfect ease of mind (and by ease of mind I mean nothing other than having one’s mind in good order). So constantly grant yourself this retreat and so renew yourself; but keep within you concise and basic precepts that will be enough, at first encounter, to cleanse you from all distress and to send you back without discontent to the life to which you will return.”	stoicism
6,795	“Nothing is burdensome if taken lightly, and nothing need arouse one's irritation so long as one doesn't make it bigger than it is by getting irritated.”	stoicism
7,204	“The mind, unconquered by violent passions, is a citadel, for a man has no fortress more impregnable in which to find refuge and remain safe forever.”	stoicism
6,942	“There will come a day when i will be able to resist and control my emotions... And when that day comes, i will know that i truly made it.”	stoicism
7,069	“Life is not more kind, or less cruel, towards those who take it seriously.”	stoicism
7,414	“[W]hatever happens is never as serious as rumour makes it out to be.”	stoicism
7,095	“It is sometimes foolish to assume that someone is wise, or vice versa.”	stoicism
7,179	“A millionaire who is a minimalist feels and is a trillion times richer than billionaires who are not minimalists.”	stoicism
6,887	“If you come across any special trait of meanness or stupidity … you must be careful not to let it annoy or distress you, but to look upon it merely as an addition to your knowledge—a new fact to be considered in studying the character of humanity. Your attitude towards it will be that of the mineralogist who stumbles upon a very characteristic specimen of a mineral.”	stoicism
7,605	“Now this was possible only by a man determining himself entirely rationally according to concepts, not according to changing impressions and moods. But as only the maxims of our conduct, not the consequences or circumstances, are in our power, to be capable of always remaining consistent we must take as our object only the maxims, not the consequences and circumstances, and thus the doctrine of virtue is again introduced.” —from_The World as Will and Representation_. Translated from the German by E. F. J. Paye in two volumes: volume I, p. 89”	stoicism
7,556	“You cannot continue to hate someone without repeatedly wasting, on them, some of your precious time and mental energy.”	stoicism
7,493	“Whereas a belief in an absurd world arises out of the fundamental disharmony of a person searching for meaning in an apparently meaninglessness universe, an existential nihilist displays impassive intellectual stoicism towards their eventual mortality while embracing a passionate artistic commitment to munity against the underlying syndrome of insignificance and confusion encasing life.”	stoicism
6,994	“Every hour of the day, countless situations arise that call for advice, and for that advice we have to look to philosophy.”	stoicism
7,301	“Some of the people who we think care that we hate them do not even care that there are people who love them.”	stoicism
6,882	“Stand up straight, not straightened The Gods give us everything, but not all at once.”	stoicism
6,909	“Verily, life is a series of championships and the joy is to be found in playing the game.”	stoicism
7,328	“At the crisis of my fever, I besought Hollingsworth to let nobody else enter the room, but continually to make me sensible of his own presence… then he should be the witness how courageously I would encounter the worst. It still impresses me almost a matter of regret, that I did not die then, when I had tolerably made up my mind to do it”	stoicism
6,770	“Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.”	stoicism
6,859	“Alles Schöne, von welcher Art es auch sein mag, ist an und für sich schön und in sich selbst vollendet. Das Lob bildet keinen Bestandteil seines Wesens, und es wird mithin durch dasselbe weder schlechter noch besser.”	stoicism
7,423	“Life is divided into three periods, past, present and future. Of these, the present is short, the future is doubtful, the past is certain. For this last is the one over which Fortune has lost her power, which cannot be brought back to anyone’s control. But this is what preoccupied people lose: for they have no time to look back at their past, and even if they did, it is not pleasant to recall activities they are ashamed of.”	stoicism
7,089	“Conformity eats away individuality.”	stoicism
7,319	“The universe is change, and life mere opinion.”	stoicism
7,574	“Within, the only place where it is created, is the very last place most pursuers of happiness are likely to go.”	stoicism
7,663	“No malgastes lo que te queda de vida en conjeturar sobre los demás, a no ser que busques el bien común; pues si te dedicas a imaginar qué hace la gente, por qué, qué dice, que piensa, qué trama, y cosas parecidas, dejarás de observar tu propia conciencia interior.”	stoicism
6,908	“Strive to articulate your wants loudly so they become interwoven with reality, more than thoughts.”	stoicism
7,280	“The problem with pleasure is that it needs to be intermittent in order to retain its pleasantness.”	stoicism
7,637	“In Tsurani culture, forgiveness was simply a less shameful form of weakness than capitulation.”	stoicism
7,614	“It does good also to take walks out of doors, that our spirits may be raised and refreshed by the open air and fresh breeze: sometimes we gain strength by driving in a carriage, by travel, by change of air, or by social meals and a more generous allowance of wine.”	stoicism
7,028	“Precision of thought comes from a tranquil mindset. A presenter can have a competitive edge if they are unmoved by the jabs and provocations that are directed at them”	stoicism
7,442	“Running is a form of practiced stoicism. It means teaching your brain and body to be biochemically comfortable in a state of disrepair.”	stoicism
7,671	“Confronting the worst-case scenario saps it of much of its anxiety-inducing power. Happiness reached via positive thinking can be fleeting and brittle, negative visualization generates a vastly more dependable calm.”	stoicism
7,459	“Christianity is not a therapy for those who wish never to be upset (177).”	stoicism
6,779	“Remember, it is not enough to be hit or insulted to be harmed, you must believe that you are being harmed. If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation. Which is why it is essential that we not respond impulsively to impressions; take a moment before reacting, and you will find it easier to maintain control.”	stoicism
7,030	“... we find a complete contradiction in our wishing to live without suffering, a contradiction that is therefore implied by the frequently used phrase “blessed life.” This will certainly be clear to the person who has fully grasped my discussion that follows. This contradiction is revealed in this ethic of pure reason itself by the fact that the Stoic is compelled to insert a recommendation of suicide in his guide to the blissful life (for this is what his ethics always remains). This is like the costly phial of poison to be found among the magnificent ornaments and apparel of oriental despots, and is for the case where the sufferings of the body, incapable of being philosophized away by any principles and syllogisms, are paramount and incurable. Thus its sole purpose, namely blessedness, is frustrated, and nothing remains as a means of escape from pain except death. But then death must be taken with unconcern, just as is any other medicine. Here a marked contrast is evident between the Stoic ethics and all those other ethical systems mentioned above. These ethical systems make virtue directly and in itself the aim and object, even with the most grievous sufferings, and will not allow a man to end his life in order to escape from suffering. But not one of them knew how to express the true reason for rejecting suicide, but they laboriously collected fictitious arguments of every kind. This true reason will appear in the fourth book in connexion with our discussion. But the above-mentioned contrast reveals and confirms just that essential difference to be found in the fundamental principle between the Stoa, really only a special form of eudaemonism, and the doctrines just mentioned, although both often agree in their results, and are apparently related. But the above-mentioned inner contradiction, with which the Stoic ethics is affected even in its fundamental idea, further shows itself in the fact that its ideal, the Stoic sage as represented by this ethical system, could never obtain life or inner poetical truth, but remains a wooden, stiff lay-figure with whom one can do nothing. He himself does not know where to go with his wisdom, and his perfect peace, contentment, and blessedness directly contradict the nature of mankind, and do not enable us to arrive at any perceptive representation thereof. Compared with him, how entirely different appear the overcomers of the world and voluntary penitents, who are revealed to us, and are actually produced, by the wisdom of India; how different even the Saviour of Christianity, that excellent form full of the depth of life, of the greatest poetical truth and highest significance, who stands before us with perfect virtue, holiness, and sublimity, yet in a state of supreme suffering.”	stoicism
7,419	“Let me indicate here how men can prove that their words are their own: let them put their preaching into practice”	stoicism
6,941	“The events that may befall you tomorrow are not new or novel, and the emotions that you will experience have been felt by countless others throughout the crashing torrent of time. They survived. Why can’t you?”	stoicism
7,667	“During the Great Depression, the philosophy of grin-and-bear-it became a national coping mechanism.”	stoicism
6,782	“Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.”	stoicism
6,937	“Our minds are a sanctuary; a safe haven which is totally impregnable to the outside world. It is only when we allow external problems and anxieties to enter our mind that this sanctuary becomes vulnerable.”	stoicism
7,411	“All vices are at odds with nature.”	stoicism
7,365	“If you are pained by any external tiling, it is not this things that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. And it is in your power to wipe out this judgment now".”	stoicism
7,090	“Every life is a different path to death.”	stoicism
7,088	“Some children’s lives begin before the end of their parents’ childhood.”	stoicism
7,382	“Но в этом-то и состоит сила стоицизма: признание фундаментальной истины, что мы можем контролировать только свое поведение, но не его результаты (не говоря уже о результатах поведения других людей), дает нам способность невозмутимо принимать происходящее. Это происходит, потому что мы знаем: сделано все возможное и все зависящее от нас в данных обстоятельствах.”	stoicism
7,098	“We are food even before we are dead.”	stoicism
7,554	“Just as I prepared to stand and bow, a woman appeared with a miniature coffee cup in her hand. She offered it to me. As I took it, I noticed two things: Bugs crawling on the ground and the men approving of me by snapping their fingers. I bowed and took a sip of the coffee and almost fainted. I had a cockroach on my tongue. I looked at the peoples' faces and I could not spit it out. My grandmother would have pushed away the grave's dirt and traveled by willpower to show me her face of abject disappointment. I could not bear that. I opened my throat and drank the cup dry. I counted four cockroaches.”	stoicism
7,546	“Even the busiest bee does not move from one flower to another as often as an untamed mind moves from one thought to another.”	stoicism
7,319	“The universe is change, and life mere opinion.”	stoicism
7,188	“There is no correlation between how many people or things, how much money, or how many problems you have … and how grateful, happy, or peaceful you can be.”	stoicism
7,375	“Philosophy is not an occupation of a popular nature, nor is it pursued for the sake of self-advertisement. Its concern is not with words, but with facts. It is not carried on with the object of passing the day in an entertaining sort of way and taking the boredom out of leisure. It moulds and builds the personality, orders one’s life, regulates one’s conduct, shows one what one should do and what one should leave undone, sits at the helm and keeps one on the correct course as one is tossed about in perilous seas. Without it no one can lead a life free of fear or worry. Every hour of the day countless situations arise that call for advice, and for that advice we have to look to philosophy.”	stoicism
6,864	“We can’t choose what the world throws at us, but we can control how we react to it, and that makes all the difference.”	stoicism
7,586	“Everything worthwhile in your life draws its meaning from the fact you will die.”	stoicism
7,350	“We prefer our way into things such as regret, unhappiness, and anxiety.”	stoicism
7,087	“Unlearning makes learning at least three times longer than necessary.”	stoicism
7,005	“Consider above all else whether you've advanced in philosophy or just in actual years.”	stoicism
7,103	“But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions.”	stoicism
7,654	“Love sometimes injures. Friendship always benefits, After friendship is formed you must trust, but before that you must judge.”	stoicism
7,145	“The world is maintained by change- in the elements and in the things they compose. That should be enough for you; treat it as an axiom.”	stoicism
7,228	“The ability to utter wise words is not exclusive to the wise.”	stoicism
6,906	“Pursuing similar results for dissimilar people will make fools of kings and kings of fools.”	stoicism
7,357	“The thing whose acquisition ‘made’ you happy need not be stolen, lost, or broken for ‘it’ to make you unhappy.”	stoicism
7,316	“Some people deny the existence of God in order to give themselves credit for their successes. Some accept His existence in order to deny responsibility for their failures.”	stoicism
7,282	“Appreciating what you have is the best cure for missing what you have lost.”	stoicism
7,065	“Fools are often unable to do what needs to be done, because they were doing, or are doing, what need not be done at that time … or at all.”	stoicism
7,089	“Conformity eats away individuality.”	stoicism
7,341	“There is a correlation between how seriously we take life and how many problems it gives us.”	stoicism
7,601	“If you have assumed any character beyond your strength, you have both demeaned yourself ill in that and quitted one which you might have supported.”	stoicism
7,118	“Intelligent people question everything. Stupid people answer every question.”	stoicism
7,609	“The Sage desires only one thing, virtue, and he is cautious about only one thing, vice. He is the same in every circumstance because what is most important lies within him, and not with external events, which are constantly changing.”	stoicism
7,548	“They who always expect the worst are almost always pleasantly surprised.”	stoicism
7,642	“And here lies the essential between Stoicism and the modern-day 'cult of optimism.' For the Stoics, the ideal state of mind was tranquility, not the excitable cheer that positive thinkers usually seem to mean when they use the word, 'happiness.' And tranquility was to be achieved not by strenuously chasing after enjoyable experiences, but by cultivating a kind of calm indifference towards one's circumstances.”	stoicism
6,998	“Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait not for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do thy duty; nay, do good of thine own accord, and thou wilt be loved like the Sun.”	stoicism
7,039	“At the heart of stoicism lay the desire to disappoint oneself before someone else had the chance to do so. Stoicism was a crude defense against the dangers of the affections of others, dangers that would take more endurance than a life in the desert to be able to face.”	stoicism

7,592

“Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live and a good day to die. Every day is also an apt time to learn and express joy and love for the entire natural world. Each day is an apt time to make contact with other people and express empathy for the entire world. Each day is perfect to accept with indifference all aspects of being.”

stoicism

6,906

“Pursuing similar results for dissimilar people will make fools of kings and kings of fools.”

stoicism

7,528

“An action is at least a billion times less difficult to choose than a reaction.”

stoicism

7,668

“The Greeks not only face facts. They have no desire to escape from them.”

stoicism

7,012

“Well, when do we act like sheep: when we act for the sake of the belly, or of our sex-organs, or at random, or in a filthy fashion, or without due consideration, to what level have we degenerated? To the level of sheep.”

stoicism

7,312

“For I am not everlasting, but a human being, a part of the whole as an hour is a part of the day. Like an hour I must come, and like an hour pass away.”

stoicism

6,809

“If what you have seems insufficient to you, then though you possess the world, you will yet be miserable.”

stoicism

6,998

“Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait not for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do thy duty; nay, do good of thine own accord, and thou wilt be loved like the Sun.”

stoicism

7,317

“Usually, that which could have been better could have been worse.”

stoicism

6,992

“I am acting on behalf of later generations. I am writing down a few things that may be of use to them.”

stoicism

6,775

“Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.”

stoicism

7,091

“For making a good voyage a pilot and wind are necessary: and for happiness, reason and art.”

stoicism

7,237

“A truth is not any less truthful, when it is said by someone who did not discover, or does not understand, it.”

stoicism

7,501

“We ought not, therefore, to give over our hearts for good to any one part of the world. We should live with the conviction: 'I wasn't born for one particular corner: the whole world's my home country.”

stoicism

6,844

“To the wise, peace of mind is the result of being fine with how things are; to the foolish, the result of things being fine.”

stoicism

6,773

“It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.”

stoicism

7,616

“We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem.”

stoicism

7,415

“[T]he man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet, will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing. The story is told that someone complained to Socrates that travelling abroad had never done him any good and received the reply: "What else can you expect, seeing that you always take yourself along with you when you go abroad?‟”

stoicism

6,887

“If you come across any special trait of meanness or stupidity … you must be careful not to let it annoy or distress you, but to look upon it merely as an addition to your knowledge—a new fact to be considered in studying the character of humanity. Your attitude towards it will be that of the mineralogist who stumbles upon a very characteristic specimen of a mineral.”

stoicism

7,650

“And here lies the essential difference between Stoicism and the modern-day 'cult of optimism.' For the Stoics, the ideal state of mind was tranquility, not the excitable cheer that positive thinkers usually seem to mean when they use the word, 'happiness.' And tranquility was to be achieved not by strenuously chasing after enjoyable experiences, but by cultivating a kind of calm indifference towards one's circumstances.”

stoicism

7,375

“Philosophy is not an occupation of a popular nature, nor is it pursued for the sake of self-advertisement. Its concern is not with words, but with facts. It is not carried on with the object of passing the day in an entertaining sort of way and taking the boredom out of leisure. It moulds and builds the personality, orders one’s life, regulates one’s conduct, shows one what one should do and what one should leave undone, sits at the helm and keeps one on the correct course as one is tossed about in perilous seas. Without it no one can lead a life free of fear or worry. Every hour of the day countless situations arise that call for advice, and for that advice we have to look to philosophy.”

stoicism

7,273

“Si len úbohá dušička nesúca mŕtvolu,” ako vravel Epiktetos.”

stoicism

7,343

“Soon earth will cover us all. Then in time earth, too, will change; later, what issues from this change will itself in turn incessantly change, and so again will all that then takes its place, even unto the world's end. to let the mind dwell on these swiftly rolling billows of change and transformation is to know a contempt for all things mortal.”

stoicism

7,210

“Sex for pleasure is chewing gum for genitals.”

stoicism

6,963

“Kindness has become so rare that it provokes perplexity about what's sincere and what's deceitful.”

stoicism

7,616

“We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem.”

stoicism

7,484

“If you lose today every-day, you are lost every-day.”

stoicism

7,161

“People seek retreats for themselves in the countryside by the seashore, in the hills, and you too have made it your habit to long for that above all else. But this is altogether unphilosophical, when it is possible for you to retreat into yourself whenever you please; for nowhere can one retreat into greater peace or freedom from care than within one’s own soul, especially when a person has such things within him that he merely has to look at them to recover from that moment perfect ease of mind (and by ease of mind I mean nothing other than having one’s mind in good order). So constantly grant yourself this retreat and so renew yourself; but keep within you concise and basic precepts that will be enough, at first encounter, to cleanse you from all distress and to send you back without discontent to the life to which you will return.”

stoicism

6,795

“Nothing is burdensome if taken lightly, and nothing need arouse one's irritation so long as one doesn't make it bigger than it is by getting irritated.”

stoicism

7,204

“The mind, unconquered by violent passions, is a citadel, for a man has no fortress more impregnable in which to find refuge and remain safe forever.”

stoicism

6,942

“There will come a day when i will be able to resist and control my emotions... And when that day comes, i will know that i truly made it.”

stoicism

7,069

“Life is not more kind, or less cruel, towards those who take it seriously.”

stoicism

7,414

“[W]hatever happens is never as serious as rumour makes it out to be.”

stoicism

7,095

“It is sometimes foolish to assume that someone is wise, or vice versa.”

stoicism

7,179

“A millionaire who is a minimalist feels and is a trillion times richer than billionaires who are not minimalists.”

stoicism

6,887

“If you come across any special trait of meanness or stupidity … you must be careful not to let it annoy or distress you, but to look upon it merely as an addition to your knowledge—a new fact to be considered in studying the character of humanity. Your attitude towards it will be that of the mineralogist who stumbles upon a very characteristic specimen of a mineral.”

stoicism

7,605

“Now this was possible only by a man determining himself entirely *rationally* according to concepts, not according to changing impressions and moods. But as only the maxims of our conduct, not the consequences or circumstances, are in our power, to be capable of always remaining consistent we must take as our object only the maxims, not the consequences and circumstances, and thus the doctrine of virtue is again introduced.” —from_The World as Will and Representation_. Translated from the German by E. F. J. Paye in two volumes: volume I, p. 89”

stoicism

7,556

“You cannot continue to hate someone without repeatedly wasting, on them, some of your precious time and mental energy.”

stoicism

7,493

“Whereas a belief in an absurd world arises out of the fundamental disharmony of a person searching for meaning in an apparently meaninglessness universe, an existential nihilist displays impassive intellectual stoicism towards their eventual mortality while embracing a passionate artistic commitment to munity against the underlying syndrome of insignificance and confusion encasing life.”

stoicism

6,994

“Every hour of the day, countless situations arise that call for advice, and for that advice we have to look to philosophy.”

stoicism

7,301

“Some of the people who we think care that we hate them do not even care that there are people who love them.”

stoicism

6,882

“Stand up straight, not straightened The Gods give us everything, but not all at once.”

stoicism

6,909

“Verily, life is a series of championships and the joy is to be found in playing the game.”

stoicism

7,328

“At the crisis of my fever, I besought Hollingsworth to let nobody else enter the room, but continually to make me sensible of his own presence… then he should be the witness how courageously I would encounter the worst. It still impresses me almost a matter of regret, that I did not die then, when I had tolerably made up my mind to do it”

stoicism

6,770

“Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.”

stoicism

6,859

“Alles Schöne, von welcher Art es auch sein mag, ist an und für sich schön und in sich selbst vollendet. Das Lob bildet keinen Bestandteil seines Wesens, und es wird mithin durch dasselbe weder schlechter noch besser.”

stoicism

7,423

“Life is divided into three periods, past, present and future. Of these, the present is short, the future is doubtful, the past is certain. For this last is the one over which Fortune has lost her power, which cannot be brought back to anyone’s control. But this is what preoccupied people lose: for they have no time to look back at their past, and even if they did, it is not pleasant to recall activities they are ashamed of.”

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7,089

“Conformity eats away individuality.”

stoicism

7,319

“The universe is change, and life mere opinion.”

stoicism

7,574

“Within, the only place where it is created, is the very last place most pursuers of happiness are likely to go.”

stoicism

7,663

“No malgastes lo que te queda de vida en conjeturar sobre los demás, a no ser que busques el bien común; pues si te dedicas a imaginar qué hace la gente, por qué, qué dice, que piensa, qué trama, y cosas parecidas, dejarás de observar tu propia conciencia interior.”

stoicism

6,908

“Strive to articulate your wants loudly so they become interwoven with reality, more than thoughts.”

stoicism

7,280

“The problem with pleasure is that it needs to be intermittent in order to retain its pleasantness.”

stoicism

7,637

“In Tsurani culture, forgiveness was simply a less shameful form of weakness than capitulation.”

stoicism

7,614

“It does good also to take walks out of doors, that our spirits may be raised and refreshed by the open air and fresh breeze: sometimes we gain strength by driving in a carriage, by travel, by change of air, or by social meals and a more generous allowance of wine.”

stoicism

7,028

“Precision of thought comes from a tranquil mindset. A presenter can have a competitive edge if they are unmoved by the jabs and provocations that are directed at them”

stoicism

7,442

“Running is a form of practiced stoicism. It means teaching your brain and body to be biochemically comfortable in a state of disrepair.”

stoicism

7,671

“Confronting the worst-case scenario saps it of much of its anxiety-inducing power. Happiness reached via positive thinking can be fleeting and brittle, negative visualization generates a vastly more dependable calm.”

stoicism

7,459

“Christianity is not a therapy for those who wish never to be upset (177).”

stoicism

6,779

“Remember, it is not enough to be hit or insulted to be harmed, you must believe that you are being harmed. If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation. Which is why it is essential that we not respond impulsively to impressions; take a moment before reacting, and you will find it easier to maintain control.”

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7,030

“... we find a complete contradiction in our wishing to live without suffering, a contradiction that is therefore implied by the frequently used phrase “blessed life.” This will certainly be clear to the person who has fully grasped my discussion that follows. This contradiction is revealed in this ethic of pure reason itself by the fact that the Stoic is compelled to insert a recommendation of suicide in his guide to the blissful life (for this is what his ethics always remains). This is like the costly phial of poison to be found among the magnificent ornaments and apparel of oriental despots, and is for the case where the sufferings of the body, incapable of being philosophized away by any principles and syllogisms, are paramount and incurable. Thus its sole purpose, namely blessedness, is frustrated, and nothing remains as a means of escape from pain except death. But then death must be taken with unconcern, just as is any other medicine. Here a marked contrast is evident between the Stoic ethics and all those other ethical systems mentioned above. These ethical systems make virtue directly and in itself the aim and object, even with the most grievous sufferings, and will not allow a man to end his life in order to escape from suffering. But not one of them knew how to express the true reason for rejecting suicide, but they laboriously collected fictitious arguments of every kind. This true reason will appear in the fourth book in connexion with our discussion. But the above-mentioned contrast reveals and confirms just that essential difference to be found in the fundamental principle between the Stoa, really only a special form of eudaemonism, and the doctrines just mentioned, although both often agree in their results, and are apparently related. But the above-mentioned inner contradiction, with which the Stoic ethics is affected even in its fundamental idea, further shows itself in the fact that its ideal, the Stoic sage as represented by this ethical system, could never obtain life or inner poetical truth, but remains a wooden, stiff lay-figure with whom one can do nothing. He himself does not know where to go with his wisdom, and his perfect peace, contentment, and blessedness directly contradict the nature of mankind, and do not enable us to arrive at any perceptive representation thereof. Compared with him, how entirely different appear the overcomers of the world and voluntary penitents, who are revealed to us, and are actually produced, by the wisdom of India; how different even the Saviour of Christianity, that excellent form full of the depth of life, of the greatest poetical truth and highest significance, who stands before us with perfect virtue, holiness, and sublimity, yet in a state of supreme suffering.”

stoicism

7,419

“Let me indicate here how men can prove that their words are their own: let them put their preaching into practice”

stoicism

6,941

“The events that may befall you tomorrow are not new or novel, and the emotions that you will experience have been felt by countless others throughout the crashing torrent of time. They survived. Why can’t you?”

stoicism

7,667

“During the Great Depression, the philosophy of grin-and-bear-it became a national coping mechanism.”

stoicism

6,782

“Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.”

stoicism

6,937

“Our minds are a sanctuary; a safe haven which is totally impregnable to the outside world. It is only when we allow external problems and anxieties to enter our mind that this sanctuary becomes vulnerable.”

stoicism

7,411

“All vices are at odds with nature.”

stoicism

7,365

“If you are pained by any external tiling, it is not this things that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. And it is in your power to wipe out this judgment now".”

stoicism

7,090

“Every life is a different path to death.”

stoicism

7,088

“Some children’s lives begin before the end of their parents’ childhood.”

stoicism

7,382

“Но в этом-то и состоит сила стоицизма: признание фундаментальной истины, что мы можем контролировать только свое поведение, но не его результаты (не говоря уже о результатах поведения других людей), дает нам способность невозмутимо принимать происходящее. Это происходит, потому что мы знаем: сделано все возможное и все зависящее от нас в данных обстоятельствах.”

stoicism

7,098

“We are food even before we are dead.”

stoicism

7,554

“Just as I prepared to stand and bow, a woman appeared with a miniature coffee cup in her hand. She offered it to me. As I took it, I noticed two things: Bugs crawling on the ground and the men approving of me by snapping their fingers. I bowed and took a sip of the coffee and almost fainted. I had a cockroach on my tongue. I looked at the peoples' faces and I could not spit it out. My grandmother would have pushed away the grave's dirt and traveled by willpower to show me her face of abject disappointment. I could not bear that. I opened my throat and drank the cup dry. I counted four cockroaches.”

stoicism

7,546

“Even the busiest bee does not move from one flower to another as often as an untamed mind moves from one thought to another.”

stoicism

7,319

“The universe is change, and life mere opinion.”

stoicism

7,188

“There is no correlation between how many people or things, how much money, or how many problems you have … and how grateful, happy, or peaceful you can be.”

stoicism

7,375

“Philosophy is not an occupation of a popular nature, nor is it pursued for the sake of self-advertisement. Its concern is not with words, but with facts. It is not carried on with the object of passing the day in an entertaining sort of way and taking the boredom out of leisure. It moulds and builds the personality, orders one’s life, regulates one’s conduct, shows one what one should do and what one should leave undone, sits at the helm and keeps one on the correct course as one is tossed about in perilous seas. Without it no one can lead a life free of fear or worry. Every hour of the day countless situations arise that call for advice, and for that advice we have to look to philosophy.”

stoicism

6,864

“We can’t choose what the world throws at us, but we can control how we react to it, and that makes all the difference.”

stoicism

7,586

“Everything worthwhile in your life draws its meaning from the fact you will die.”

stoicism

7,350

“We prefer our way into things such as regret, unhappiness, and anxiety.”

stoicism

7,087

“Unlearning makes learning at least three times longer than necessary.”

stoicism

7,005

“Consider above all else whether you've advanced in philosophy or just in actual years.”

stoicism

7,103

“But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions.”

stoicism

7,654

“Love sometimes injures. Friendship always benefits, After friendship is formed you must trust, but before that you must judge.”

stoicism

7,145

“The world is maintained by change- in the elements and in the things they compose. That should be enough for you; treat it as an axiom.”

stoicism

7,228

“The ability to utter wise words is not exclusive to the wise.”

stoicism

6,906

“Pursuing similar results for dissimilar people will make fools of kings and kings of fools.”

stoicism

7,357

“The thing whose acquisition ‘made’ you happy need not be stolen, lost, or broken for ‘it’ to make you unhappy.”

stoicism

7,316

“Some people deny the existence of God in order to give themselves credit for their successes. Some accept His existence in order to deny responsibility for their failures.”

stoicism

7,282

“Appreciating what you have is the best cure for missing what you have lost.”

stoicism

7,065

“Fools are often unable to do what needs to be done, because they were doing, or are doing, what need not be done at that time … or at all.”

stoicism

7,089

“Conformity eats away individuality.”

stoicism

7,341

“There is a correlation between how seriously we take life and how many problems it gives us.”

stoicism

7,601

“If you have assumed any character beyond your strength, you have both demeaned yourself ill in that and quitted one which you might have supported.”

stoicism

7,118

“Intelligent people question everything. Stupid people answer every question.”

stoicism

7,609

“The Sage desires only one thing, virtue, and he is cautious about only one thing, vice. He is the same in every circumstance because what is most important lies within him, and not with external events, which are constantly changing.”

stoicism

7,548

“They who always expect the worst are almost always pleasantly surprised.”

stoicism

7,642

“And here lies the essential between Stoicism and the modern-day 'cult of optimism.' For the Stoics, the ideal state of mind was tranquility, not the excitable cheer that positive thinkers usually seem to mean when they use the word, 'happiness.' And tranquility was to be achieved not by strenuously chasing after enjoyable experiences, but by cultivating a kind of calm indifference towards one's circumstances.”

stoicism

6,998

“Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait not for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do thy duty; nay, do good of thine own accord, and thou wilt be loved like the Sun.”

stoicism

7,039

“At the heart of stoicism lay the desire to disappoint oneself before someone else had the chance to do so. Stoicism was a crude defense against the dangers of the affections of others, dangers that would take more endurance than a life in the desert to be able to face.”

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