« Man conquers the world by conquering himself. »
– Zéno de Kition
« Steel your sensibilities, so that life shall hurt you as little as possible. »
– Zéno de Kition
« All things are parts of one single system, which is called nature; the individual life is good when it is in harmony with nature. »
– Zéno de Kition
« The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less. »
– Zéno de Kition
« Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue. »
– Zéno de Kition
« No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil. »
– Zéno de Kition
« No matter whether you claim a slave bu purchase or capture, the title is bad. They who claim to ow their fellow-men, look down into the pit and forget the justice that should rule the world. »
– Zéno de Kition
« Fate is the endless chai of causation, whereby things are; the reason or formula by which the world goes on. »
– Zéno de Kition
« Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself. »
– Zéno de Kition
« A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature. »
– Zéno de Kition.
« Happiness is a good flow of life. »
– Zéno de Kition
« That which exercises reason is more excellent than that which does not exercice reason; there is nothing more excellent than the universe, therefore the universe exercises reason. »
– Zéno de Kition
« 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. »
– Zéno de Kition
« All the good are friends of one another. »
– Zéno de Kition
« Love is a god, who cooperates in securing the safety of the city. »
– Zéno de Kition
