Zeno of Citium quotes with context

Zeno of Citium (c. 334 to c. 262 BC) came from Cyprus to Athens and founded the Stoic school there around 300 BC. It is named after the Stoa Poikile, the painted colonnade where he taught. His own writings are lost; only fragments and reports by others survive.

5 quotes by Zeno of Citium

Stoicism 5

  1. Whoever knows themselves masters themselves.

  2. The wisdom of silence surpasses that of words.

  3. The only good is virtue. The only evil is vice.

  4. Whoever only looks at the goal misses the path.

  5. The aim of life is to live in accordance with nature.

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