Quotes about Life

It has been ordained that there be summer and winter, abundance and dearth, virtue and vice, and all such opposites for the harmony of the whole, and (Zeus) has given each of us a body, property, and companions.

But to be hanged—is that not unendurable? Even so, when a man feels that it is reasonable, he goes off and hangs himself.

I want to die, even though I don't have to.

Philosophy does not claim to secure for us anything outside our control. Otherwise it would be taking on matters that do not concern it. For as wood is the material of the carpenter, and marble that of the sculptor, so the subject matter of the art of life is the life of the self.

Lucky is the man who dies at work.

you are a little soul carrying around a corpse.

Remember that you are an actor in a drama, of such a kind as the author pleases to make it. If short, of a short one; if long, of a long one.

Content yourself with being a lover of wisdom, a seeker of the truth. Return and return again to what is essential and worthy. Do not try to seem wise to others. If you want to live a wise life, live it on your own terms and in your own eyes.

impassivity and a good flow of life are not attained except through unerring desire and unfailing avoidance

What, then, is your own? The way you live your life.

Continually remind yourself that you are a mortal being, and someday will die.

You cannot choose the era, nationality, family, and body into which you are born. But to act well in your given role—this is your sphere of power.