Stoic Philosophy quotes

Timeless Stoic quotes from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus on mastering yourself. Browse more in the Motivational app.

"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

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