Stoic Quote Library

"You have power over your mind, not outside events."

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"We suffer more in imagination than in reality."

— Seneca, Letters

"Freedom is secured by not wanting what you cannot have."

— Epictetus, Discourses

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

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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

— Seneca, Letters

"It’s not what happens to you, but how you react that matters."

— Epictetus, Enchiridion

"If it’s endurable, then endure it. Don’t complain."

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."

— Seneca, Letters

"No man is free who is not master of himself."

— Epictetus, Discourses

"The life we receive is not short, but we make it so."

— Seneca, On the Shortness of Life

"Very little is needed to make a happy life."

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"He who fears death will never do anything worthy of a living man."

— Seneca, Letters

"Make the best use of what is in your power."

— Epictetus, Enchiridion

"Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny."

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."

— Seneca, Letters

"First say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do."

— Epictetus, Discourses

"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury."

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

— Epictetus, Fragments

"To live a good life: We have the potential for it."

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials."

— Seneca, Letters

"Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it."

— Epictetus, Enchiridion

"Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength."

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"Life is long if you know how to use it."

— Seneca, On the Shortness of Life

"You are a little soul carrying a corpse."

— Epictetus, Fragments

"What is there more beautiful than a mind at peace?"

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"Associate with those who will make a better man of you."

— Seneca, Letters

"Care take this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars."

— Epictetus, Discourses

"The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing."

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"While we wait for life, life passes."

— Seneca, Letters

"There is only one way to happiness: cease worrying."

— Epictetus, Enchiridion