“I must have patience to endure the load.”
~ William Shakespeare
Seneca on Acceptance
“All the things which cause complaint or dread are like the taxes of life—things from which … you should never hope for exemption or seek escape.”
~ Seneca
Marcus Aurelius on Endurance
“If it’s endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining.”
~ Marcus Aurelius
Seamus Heaney on Life
“Whoever remains
For long here in this earthly life
Will enjoy and endure more than enough.”
~ Beowulf / Translation Seamus Heaney
Seneca on Endurance
“More generally , says Seneca , if we coddle ourselves , if we allow ourselves to be corrupted by pleasure , nothing will seem bearable to us , and the reason things will seem unbearable is not because they are hard but because we are soft .”
(From “A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy” by William Irvine.)
Seneca on Injustice
“Injustice never rules forever.”
~ Seneca
Seneca on Dominion
“It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.”
~ Seneca
Seneca on Trials
“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.”
~ Seneca
Marcus Aurelius on Endurance
“Nothing happens to anyone that he can’t endure.”
~ Marcus Aurelius
Seneca on Endurance
“We ought to know that what makes us struggle is the fault, not of our locations, but of ourselves: we are weak when anything has to be endured, and unable to bear toil or pleasure or ourselves or anything for any length of time.”
~ Seneca