Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.
Markus ZusakHow do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
Salman RushdieTags: freedom serenity courage stoicism terrorism civil-society
Life is such unutterable hell, solely because it is sometimes beautiful. If we could only be miserable all the time, if there could be no such things as love or beauty or faith or hope, if I could be absolutely certain that my love would never be returned: how much more simple life would be. One could plod through the Siberian salt mines of existence without being bothered about happiness. Unfortunately the happiness is there. There is always the chance (about eight hundred and fifty to one) that another heart will come to mine. I can't help hoping, and keeping faith, and loving beauty. Quite frequently I am not so miserable as it would be wise to be.
T.H. WhiteTags: life happiness pain love beauty faith hope living misery stoicism positivity
Warriors should suffer their pain silently.
Erin HunterTags: pain hunter hurt suffer stoicism warriors warrior tigerstar tigerclaw erin
[A] resistance that dispenses with consolations is always stronger than one which relies on them.
Perry AndersonTags: politics stoicism realism consolation resistance-movement silver-linings
My boyfriends have all been as stoical as queen's guards. They'd been patient, committed, and dispassionate, and I'd had to really debase myself to extract any emotion, either grin or grimace, from them.
Koren ZailckasTags: love relationships stoicism boyfriends ex-boyfriends
Maximum remedium est irae mora.
SenecaAlways resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honour and duty. Elinor, where is your heart?
Jane AustenTags: stoicism
From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unreasonable, but to make every effort to restore the relationship to its normal condition.
Marcus AureliusTags: philosophy stoicism
Thoroughly convinced of the impossibility of his own suit, a high resolve constrained him not to injure that of another. This is a lover's most stoical virtue, as the lack of it is a lover's most venial sin.
Thomas HardyTags: stoicism
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