5 Stoic Quotes on Acceptance & Contentment

  • Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.

    — Epictetus, Enchiridion 8

  • The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

    — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 3.9

  • I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?

    — Epictetus, Discourses 1.1

  • It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you choose. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.

    — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.3

  • Very little is needed to make a happy life.

    — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.67