"Striid andWthdraw into yourself. Our master-reason asks no more than to act justly, and thereby to achieve calm."

Stoicism, Calm, Justice, Mindset, Control

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"He never complained. He seemed to have no instinct for the making much of oneself that complaining requires."

Wendell Berry, American Poet

Stoicism, Strength, Silence, Humility, Endurance

"I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips."

Robert Jordan, American Author

Stoicism, Humor, Death, Acceptance, Execution

"My dear Scipio and Laelius. Men, of course, who have no resources in themselves for securing a good and happy life find every age burdensome. But those who look for all happiness from within can never think anything bad which Nature makes inevitable."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Stoicism, Philosophy, Happiness, Acceptance

"She would only make me take my seat if I didn't act calm and Swiss about it all."

Bill Bryson, American Writer

Stoicism, Control, Emotion, Restraint, Behavior

"Being a stoic does not mean being a robot. Being a stoic means remaining calm both at the height of pleasure and the depths of misery."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Stoicism, Wisdom, Truth, Life, Power

"Ahab still stood like an anvil, receiving every shock, but without the least quivering of his own."

Herman Melville, American Novelist

Stoicism, Endurance, Strength, Resolve

"I do not weep: I loathe tears, for they are a sign of slavery."

Max Beckmann, German Artist

Stoicism, Slavery, Tears

"Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands."

Marcus Annaeus Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Stoicism, Mindset, Discipline, Acceptance, Control

"Tears never were worth the effort of crying them."

Mary Balogh, Canadian Author

Stoicism, Tears, Worth, Sadness, Restraint

"Someone has to be stoic, for the sake of, in spite of, and in the face of all those who are, not. Someone, has to be serious. Someone has to choose to forgo choice, so that there is an option left for others to consider. Everyone can't be, someone."

Justin K. McFarlane Beau, Canadian Poet

Stoicism, Duty, Responsibility, Choice

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"What we cannot bear removes us from life, what remains can be borne."

Survival

"Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it."

Change

"Salvation: to see each thing for what it is- its nature and its purpose.To do only what is right, say only what is true, without holding back.What else could it be but to live life fully- to pay out goodnesslike the rings of a chain, without the slightest gap."

Morality

"Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so."

Will

"As far as you can, get into the habit of asking yourself in relation to any action taken by another: "What is his point of reference here?" But begin with yourself: examine yourself first."

Awareness

"Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh."

Death

"Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature."

Purpose

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"He never complained. He seemed to have no instinct for the making much of oneself that complaining requires."

"I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips."

"My dear Scipio and Laelius. Men, of course, who have no resources in themselves for securing a good and happy life find every age burdensome. But those who look for all happiness from within can never think anything bad which Nature makes inevitable."

"She would only make me take my seat if I didn't act calm and Swiss about it all."

"Being a stoic does not mean being a robot. Being a stoic means remaining calm both at the height of pleasure and the depths of misery."

"Ahab still stood like an anvil, receiving every shock, but without the least quivering of his own."

"I do not weep: I loathe tears, for they are a sign of slavery."

"Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands."

"Tears never were worth the effort of crying them."

"Someone has to be stoic, for the sake of, in spite of, and in the face of all those who are, not. Someone, has to be serious. Someone has to choose to forgo choice, so that there is an option left for others to consider. Everyone can't be, someone."

Explore more quotes by Marcus Aurelius

"What we cannot bear removes us from life, what remains can be borne."

"Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it."

"Salvation: to see each thing for what it is- its nature and its purpose.To do only what is right, say only what is true, without holding back.What else could it be but to live life fully- to pay out goodnesslike the rings of a chain, without the slightest gap."

"Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so."

"As far as you can, get into the habit of asking yourself in relation to any action taken by another: "What is his point of reference here?" But begin with yourself: examine yourself first."

"Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh."

"The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it."

"Nothing is more scandalous than a man that is proud of his humility."

"Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live."

"Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature."