STOICISM Quotes

“People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills. There is nowhere that a person can find a more peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his mind. So constantly give yourself this retreat, and renew yourself.”
― Maya Bennett , STOICISM: The Simplistic Timeless Stoic Art of Better Living with Ancient Wisdom

“Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.” ~ Epictetus”
― Maya Bennett , STOICISM: The Simplistic Timeless Stoic Art of Better Living with Ancient Wisdom

“Don’t let the force of an impression when it first hits you knock you off your feet; just say to it, “Hold on a moment; let me see who you are and what you represent. Let me put you to the test.” ~ Epictetus”
― Maya Bennett, STOICISM: The Simplistic Timeless Stoic Art of Better Living with Ancient Wisdom

“In life our first job is this, to divide and distinguish things into two categories: externals I cannot control, but the choice I make with regard to them I do control. Where will I find good and bad? In me, in my choices.” ~Epictetus”
― Maya Bennett , STOICISM: The Simplistic Timeless Stoic Art of Better Living with Ancient Wisdom