The Stoic Magazine Library

Stoic quotes for every day of the month

A real friendship is a major investment, not just of time and efforr, but emotionally. It can be very painful to break up with a friend, so we should take our time before deciding to commit.

We need one another. Just as you would come to the aid of a friend in need, we should be quick to let our friends know when we need their help.

While Stoics valued friendship, they also maintained that it’s essential to be emotionally independent. This means that while we should cherish and appreciate our friends, we should not become emotionally reliant on them for our happiness.

To think that we alone are responsible for the positive aspects of our lives, especially when it comes to good fortune, would be an act of arrogance.

Every time I let myself indulge in revenge theater, I make a donation to the food bank.

In this letter addressed to his friend Lucilius, Seneca describes why a self-sufficient person still needs friends. He says that the wise, even though they are self-sufficient, want friends, if only to practice the noble qualitt of friendship.