Stoic Philosophy Quotes

Timeless Stoic quotes from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus on mastering yourself.

• You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. - Marcus Aurelius
• The obstacle is the way. - Marcus Aurelius
• It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a great deal of it. - Seneca
• Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems. - Epictetus
• Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. - Marcus Aurelius
• We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. - Seneca