Guiding principles of stoicism can help people in their day to day lives

Some of history’s greatest minds, along with many of today’s top performers have embraced the teachings and wisdom of the ancient stoics. Such us Marcus Aurelius, Seneca & Epictetus to name a few. Because wisdom and virtue are timeless.

For those new to stoicism, in simple terms, it can be defined as enduring pleasure or pain without showing emotion. It refers to the 4 main types of virtue as being: wisdom, justice, courage and moderation.

The philosophy of stoicism hailed from Ancient Greece and Rome in the early 3rd century BC, and its timeless teachings are as relevant today as they were all those years ago. As it encourages personal ethics and a methodology for seeking practical wisdom in life, which is as relevant and important in today’s modern world as ever before.

Some key principles of the ancient stoics was the belief that we don’t react to events, we react to our judgements about them, and it is we who control those judgements. We also shouldn’t worry about things beyond our control.

Stoic philosophy is designed to make us more resilient, happier, more virtuous and more wise, which as a result maximises positive emotions, reduces negative emotions and overall should make us better and more fulfilled people.

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“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”

― Marcus Aurelius

"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality”

– Seneca

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...”

― Marcus Aurelius

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”

― Marcus Aurelius

“If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“Receive without conceit, release without struggle.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“To live a good life: We have the potential for it. If we learn to be indifferent to what makes no difference.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“It’s silly to try to escape other people’s faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what’s left and live it properly.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“Because most of what we say and do is not essential. Ask yourself at every moment, “Is this necessary?”

– Marcus Aurelius

“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“It’s unfortunate that this has happened. No. It’s fortunate that this has happened and I’ve remained unharmed.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“You’re better off not giving the small things more time than they deserve.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“It’s a disgrace in this life when the soul surrenders first while the body refuses to.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions.”

– Marcus Aurelius

"Ignorance is the cause of fear”

– Seneca

"While we wait for life, life passes"

– Seneca

"Life is long, if you know how to use it”

– Seneca

"Cease to hope and you will cease to fear”

– Seneca

"Wealth is the slave of a wise man and the master of a fool”

– Seneca

"Only time can heal what reason cannot”

– Seneca

"While we are postponing, life speeds by”

– Seneca

"Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms, you will be able to use them better when you are older”

– Seneca

"He who is brave is free”

– Seneca

"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness”

– Seneca

"It is more civilized to make fun of life than to bewail it”

– Seneca

"Difficulty comes from our lack of confidence”

– Seneca

"Life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future”

– Seneca

"It does not matter how many books you have, but how good are the books which you have”

– Seneca

"For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them”

– Seneca

"The greatest remedy for anger is delay”

– Seneca

"We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak"

– Epictetus

"No man is free who is not master of himself”

– Epictetus

"A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope”

– Epictetus

"No great thing is created suddenly”

– Epictetus

"Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly”

– Epictetus

"It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them”

– Epictetus

"First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak”

– Epictetus

"If you want something good, get it yourself”

– Epictetus

"No loss should be more regrettable to us than losing our time, for it’s irretrievable”

– Zeno

"Extravagance is its own destroyer”

– Zeno

"Man conquers the world by conquering himself”

– Zeno

"Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue”

– Zeno

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