stoicism – kevinwarstadt.com

Quote of the day 03/01/26

From Epictetus: “Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.”

From Epictetus: “Sickness is an impediment to the body, but not to the will — unless the will itself chooses to be impeded.”

From Marcus Aurelius: “Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter.”

From Seneca: “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.”

From Seneca: “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”

From Epictetus: “If you wish to be invincible, make yourself indifferent to what is not in your control.”

From Viktor Frankl: “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose.”

From Seneca: “Fire tests gold; misfortune tests brave men.”

From Epictetus: “Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.”

From Epictetus: “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”