The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature.

Zeno of Citium

Philosophers

Zeno of Citium

Zeno of Citium (c. 334-262 BC), a Phoenician who lost everything in a shipwreck, founded Stoicism in Athens. His doctrine that virtue alone is the good shaped Western ethics from Rome to modern resilience science.

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Source: Lives of the Eminent PhilosophersVerified

Zeno of Citium's Other Quotes

Man conquers the world by conquering himself.

We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.

No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.

Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.

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No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.

-- Zeno of Citium