Stoicism is about the domestication of emotions, not their elimination.

A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

Don't aim to be perfect. Aim to be antifragile.

We are quick to forget that just being alive is an extraordinary piece of good luck, a remote event, a chance occurrence of monstrous proportions.

Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.

A stoic is a Buddhist with attitude.

Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that's what you are seeking.

Much of what other people know isn't worth knowing.

Intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant.

The wise man listens to meaning, the fool only gets the noise.

Heroes are heroes because they are heroic in behaviour, not because they won or lost.

You find peace by coming to terms with what you don't know.

Comfort makes you weaker. We need some variability, some stressors. Not too much, but just enough.

The fragile wants tranquility, the antifragile grows from disorder, and the robust doesn't care too much.

Learn to fail with pride — and do so fast and cleanly. Maximise trial and error — by mastering the error part.

Greatness starts with the replacement of hatred with polite disdain.

Your reputation is harmed the most by what you say to defend it.

Love without sacrifice is like theft.

It is a sign of weakness to avoid showing signs of weakness.

Weak men act to satisfy their needs, stronger men their duties.