Quotes About Stoicism

I wished to punish her for her intolerable stoicism, which made it impossible for me to ever be truly needed by her in the most profound ways a person can need another, a need that often goes by the name of love.

It is useless to know what shall come to pass; it is a miserable thing to be tormented to no purpose.

Reza, in spite of the tears caught in his lashes like raindrops on a spider's web, did not cry.

Not a whisper of flatulence would dare this man's bowels.

This late age of the world's experience had bred in them all, all men and women, a well of tears. Tears and sorrows; courage and endurance; a perfectly upright and stoical bearing.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

Model calm behavior, no matter how upset you feel.

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Sometimes it rains, and sometimes it is sunny. You accept the weather. You may not like the day's weather, but you do not label it 'good' or 'evil.' Shouting at a tornado does no good. Rebuking a tidal wave has no effect.

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty.

Indeed this gentleman's stoicism was of that not uncommon kind, which enables a man to bear with exemplary fortitude the afflictions of his friends, but renders him, by way of counterpoise, rather selfish and sensitive in respect of any that happen to befall himself.

My father's wery much in that line now. If my mother-in-law blows him up, he whistles. She flies in a passion, and breaks his pipe; he steps out, and gets another. Then she screams wery loud, and falls into 'sterics; and he smokes wery comfortably till she comes to agin. That's philosophy, Sir, ain't it?

External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Foul weather

People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.

Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.

Genuine and lasting strength consists in bearing things.

They had a toughness and a philosophical attitude which was new to me. Misfortunes which would make the city dweller want to bang his head against a wall were shrugged off with "Aye, well, these things

Fang is not the huggiest person in the world—he turns into an unbending statue, and you just have to do the best you can. Which

Fang pondered. It always amazes me how he's able to seem so calm at the absolute worst times. Sometimes he seems like a droid—or a drone. Fang of Nine. Fang2-D2.

Whatever happens is going to happen. And when I see something bad, I won't dwell on it or get emotional about it because there's too much shit going on, and I have a job to do.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

Women can endure pain with fortitude, and they can perform monotonous tasks with patience.

Lada made her face stone, her heart a mountain. A mountain that would never be pierced to let cold, clear water flow. "Nothing holds me here.