Stoic Quotes

The Stoics had a simple project: focus on what you control, release the rest. These 9 stoic quotes distill two thousand years of that clear-eyed philosophy into lines you can carry through a chaotic day. Ancient advice, surprisingly modern relief.

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way. — Marcus Aurelius
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
Marcus Aurelius
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it. — Marcus Aurelius
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
Marcus Aurelius
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury. — Marcus Aurelius
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
Marcus Aurelius
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. — Marcus Aurelius
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
Marcus Aurelius
It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a great deal of it. — Seneca
It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a great deal of it.
Seneca
While we wait for life, life passes. — Seneca
While we wait for life, life passes.
Seneca
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. — Seneca
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
Seneca
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