“Don't be overheard complaining to anyone, even yourself.” – Marcus Aurelius #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

“Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.” – Napoleon Bonaparte #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

“Not to assume it’s impossible because you find it hard. But to recognize that if it’s humanly possible, you can do it too.” – Marcus Aurelius #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens — Jimi Hendrix #stoic #wisdom #JimiHendrix

“Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue.” – Zeno #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

“When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.” – Montaigne #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

“If you lay violent hands on me, you’ll have my body, but my mind will remain with Stilpo.” – Zeno #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

“Be like the cliff against which the waves break.” – Marcus Aurelius #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

Life is but a day; a fragile dew-drop on its perilous way From a tree’s summit. — John Keets #stoic #wisdom #JohnKeets

“I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.” – Epictetus #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

“Alexander the Great and his mule driver both died and the same thing happened to both. They were absorbed alike into the life force of the world, or dissolved alike into atoms.” – Marcus Aurelius #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

“God save me from fools with a little philosophy—no one is more difficult to reach.” – Epictetus #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar. — Thich Nhat Hanh #stoic #wisdom #ThichNhat Hanh