#stoic

Belief Over Will

The greatest disorder of the mind is to let will direct belief. —Louis Pasteur

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child. — Marie Curie

I’m happy as hell, but I’m also real. Happy didn’t get me here. But going through hell to get to where I’m at made me happy. —David Goggins

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. —Plato

Live so that you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. —Will Rogers

We need other human beings in order to be human. The solitary, isolated human being is really a contradiction in terms. —Desmond Tutu

Hug your grandparents and say ‘I want to thank you for what you’ve done to make me and my life possible.’ —Alex Haley

You only lose what you cling to. —Buddha

I’ve got news for Mr. Santayana: we’re doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That’s what it is to be alive. —Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. —Aristotle