Zeno of Citium famous quotes

04-17-2025

The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.
-- Zeno of Citium

#Funny #Two #Mouths
Man conquers the world by conquering himself.
-- Zeno of Citium

#Men #World #Conquer
Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.
-- Zeno of Citium

#Happiness #Littles #Little Things
Happiness is a good flow of life,
-- Zeno of Citium

#Flow
All things are parts of one single system, which is called nature; the individual life is good when it is in harmony with nature.
-- Zeno of Citium

#Life Is Good #Life Is #Harmony
The end may be defined as life in accordance with nature or, in other words, in accordance with our own human nature as well as that of the universe.
-- Zeno of Citium

#May #Human Nature #Ends
Love is a God, who cooperates in securing the safety of the city.
-- Zeno of Citium

#Love Is #Cities #Safety
Fate is the endless chain of causation, whereby things are; the reason or formula by which the world goes on.
-- Zeno of Citium

#Fate #Goes On #World
All the good are friends of one another.
-- Zeno of Citium
That which exercises reason is more excellent than that which does not exercise reason; there is nothing more excellent than the universe, therefore the universe exercises reason.
-- Zeno of Citium

#Exercise #Doe #Reason
A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.
-- Zeno of Citium

#Feelings #Mind #Reason
Steel your sensibilities, so that life shall hurt you as little as possible.
-- Zeno of Citium

#Hurt #Littles #Steel
No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.
-- Zeno of Citium

#Evil #Honorable
Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue
-- Zeno of Citium

#Feet #Tongue
No matter whether you claim a slave by purchase or capture, the title is bad. They who claim to own their fellow-men, look down into the pit and forget the justice that should rule the world.
-- Zeno of Citium

#Men #Justice #Atheism

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