Philosophy calls for simple living, not for doing penance, and the simple way of life need not be a crude one.
SenecaStichwörter: stoicism
To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
SenecaStichwörter: stoicism
Nothing is burdensome if taken lightly, and nothing need arouse one's irritation so long as one doesn't make it bigger than it is by getting irritated.
SenecaStichwörter: stoicism
What fortune has made yours is not your own.
SenecaStichwörter: stoicism
The boon that could be given can be withdrawn.
SenecaStichwörter: stoicism
You should … live in such a way that there is nothing which you could not as easily tell your enemy as keep to yourself.
SenecaStichwörter: stoicism
Regard [a friend] as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
SenecaStichwörter: stoicism
It is not the man who has too little that is poor, but the one who hankers after more.
SenecaStichwörter: stoicism
Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.
SenecaStichwörter: philosophy stoic stoicism
Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, more self-sacrificing than Buddha? Was he wiser, did he meet death with more perfect calmness, than Socrates? Was he more patient, more charitable, than Epictetus? Was he a greater philosopher, a deeper thinker, than Epicurus? In what respect was he the superior of Zoroaster? Was he gentler than Lao-tsze, more universal than Confucius? Were his ideas of human rights and duties superior to those of Zeno? Did he express grander truths than Cicero? Was his mind subtler than Spinoza’s? Was his brain equal to Kepler’s or Newton’s? Was he grander in death – a sublimer martyr than Bruno? Was he in intelligence, in the force and beauty of expression, in breadth and scope of thought, in wealth of illustration, in aptness of comparison, in knowledge of the human brain and heart, of all passions, hopes and fears, the equal of Shakespeare, the greatest of the human race?
Robert G. IngersollStichwörter: wisdom kindness buddhism shakespeare patience atheism isaac-newton newton william-shakespeare stoicism buddha socrates baruch-spinoza spinoza cicero epicurus epictetus gautama-buddha bruno johannes-kepler kepler zeno giordano-bruno laozi zeno-of-citium zoroaster
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