10 Stoic Quotes on Sleep Quality

  • “They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.”

    — Seneca
  • “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.”

    — Epictetus
  • “Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.”

    — Epictetus
  • “I never spend a day in idleness; I appropriate even a part of the night for study. I do not allow time for sleep but yield to it when I must, and when my eyes are wearied with waking and ready to fall shut, I keep them at their task.”

    — Seneca
  • “Very little is needed for everything to be upset and ruined, only a slight lapse in reason.”

    — Epictetus
  • “Night brings our troubles to the light rather than banishes them.”

    — Seneca
  • “Regain your senses, call yourself back, and once again wake up. Now that you realize that only dreams were troubling you, view this 'reality' as you view your dreams.”

    — Marcus Aurelius
  • “But only philosophy will wake us; only philosophy will shake us out of that heavy sleep. Devote yourself entirely to her. You're worthy of her, she's worthy of you-fall into each other's arms. Say a firm, plain no to every other occupation.”

    — Seneca
  • “The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.”

    — Seneca
  • “I cannot call somebody ‘hard-working’ knowing only that they read and write. Even if ‘all night long’ is added, I cannot say it – not until I know the focus of all this energy.”

    — Epictetus