“ In Tsurani culture, forgiveness was simply a less shameful form of weakness than capitulation. Raymond E. Feist
“ I must fling myself down and writhe; I must strive with every piece of force I possess; I bruise and batter myself against the floor, the walls; I strain and sob and exhaust myself, and begin again, a… Harry Houdini
“ What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance. Epictetus
“ Love sometimes injures. Friendship always benefits, After friendship is formed you must trust, but before that you must judge. Seneca
“ He is the kind of person I should expect to rescue one from a mad dog at any risk but then insist on a stoical indifference to the fright afterward. Jefferson Davis's future wife describing him at fir… Shelby Foote
“ Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. Markus Zusak
“ Fourteen years without a mother had me believe I could be stoic when I finally met her. Maria V. Snyder
“ A properly educated leader, especially when harassed and under pressure, will know from his study of history and the classics that circumstances very much like those he is encountering have occurred f… James B. Stockdale
“ He saw and recognised the visible and he sought his place in this world. He did not seek reality; his goal was not on any other side. The world was beautiful when looked at in this way - without any s… Hermann Hesse
“ These...xistential qualms you suffer, they just mean you're truly human. I aked how I might remedy them. You don´t remedy them. You live thru them. David Mitchell
“ My boyfriends have all been as stoical as queen's guards. They'd been patient, committed, and dispassionate, and I'd had to really debase myself to extract any emotion, either grin or grimace, from th… Koren Zailckas
“ But Moominmamma was quite unperturbed. "Well, well!" she said, "it seems to me that our guests are having a very good time.""I hope so," replied Moominpappa. "Pass me a banana, please dear. Tove Jansson
“ You will never see me surrender, never see me cry, but you will often see me walk away. Turn around and just leave, without looking back. Charlotte Eriksson
“ Indeed this gentleman's stoicism was of that not uncommon kind, which enables a man to bear with exemplary fortitude the afflictions of his friends, but renders him, by way of counterpoise, rather sel… Charles Dickens
