Stoic Philosophy Quotes

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

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