The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think I'm very stoic. Death and dying are things that I'm used to.
An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.
Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.
The stammer was a way of telling the world that he was not like others, a way of expressing his singularity.
I've always been fascinated by the way that children and animals suffer stoically in a way that I don't think adults do.
As every student in Philosophy 101 learns, nothing can force me to believe that anyone except me is conscious. This power to deny that other people have feelings is not just an academic exercise but an all-too-common vice, as we see in the long history of human cruelty.
My basic philosophy is that no human being is a saint.
The stoic drama 'A Somewhat Gentle Man' is photographed in a palate of steel gray tones that match Stellan Skarsgard's complexion. It's a low-blood-pressure version of the kind of thing James M. Cain used to do in his sleep, and its filmmaking accomplishment is as minimalist as its narrative ambition is minimal.
A philosopher goes where the truth leads and has no patience with mere emotion.
To become a stoic is to endorse the truthfulness of its world view and accept its prescription for how you ought to live, not just to like how it makes you feel.