The Stoic Magazine Library

Stoic quotes for every day of the month

Sorrow, fear, and disappointment carrry information about what and whom we value. Trouble begins when the first rush of feeling becomes the only voice we hear.

When shame arises from imagining how we must look through someone else’s eyes, we’re actually worrying about something firmly outside the boundaries of our own control.

Anger is dangerous because of this combination: it can be incredibly destructive while also feeling good, encouraging more of it.

We don't practice emotional self-control so we'll never feel the hurricane; we practice so that when it arrives, we recognize where we are.

Our need for approval may reveal a hidden shame about what we are doing. But not everything that attracts criticism reflects a defect in our character. When a matter has no bearing on our moral worth, we should follow our own reasoned judgment rather than the opinions of others.

If your life is haunted by loneliness, invite beauty in. Become willing to experience happiness. They will begin to keep you company

A more authentically Stoic approach to addressing one’s emotions would require one to allow oneself to feel them, acknowledge their reality in one’s psyche, and then examining how one comes to feel them.