Quotes of Wisdom from the Stoics

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

Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed—and you haven’t been.
‍—Marcus Aurelius

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
‍—Marcus Aurelius

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
‍—Marcus Aurelius

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more in imagination than in reality.
‍—Seneca

If a man knows not which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
‍—Seneca

It is in times of security that the spirit should be preparing itself for difficult times; while fortune is bestowing favors on it is then is the time for it to be strengthened against her rebuffs.
‍—Seneca

We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.
‍—Zeno