“My idea of the modern Stoic sage is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into information, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.”— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, amazon.com
“[Tracy has just been shot and killed] It's all right. It's quite all right, really. She's having a rest. We'll be going on soon. There's no hurry, you see. We have all the time in the world.”— Richard Maibaum, James Bond, George Lazenby, imdb.com
“Not bad, for the end of the world.”— Stephen McFeely, Christopher Markus, Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier, Sebastian Stan, imdb.com
“Pain is a thing of the mind. The mind can be controlled.”— Steven W. Carabatsos, Spock, Leonard Nimoy, imdb.com
“Everyone has pain, Mary. We just try not to carry it with us.”— Jessica Goldberg, Sarah Lane, Michelle Monaghan, imdb.com
“All were in sorrow, or had been, or soon would be. It was the nature of things. Though on the surface it seemed every person was different, this was not true. At the core of each lay suffering; our eventual end, the many losses we must experience on the way to that end. We must try to see one anothe…”— George Saunders, amazon.com
“His mind was freshly inclined towards sorrow; toward the fact that the world was full of sorrow; that everyone labored under some burden of sorrow; that all were suffering; that whatever way one took in this world, one must try to remember that all were suffering (none content; all wronged, neglecte…”— George Saunders, amazon.com
“There are too many people today who instead of feeling hurt are acting out their hurt; instead of acknowledging pain, they’re inflicting pain on others. Rather than risking feeling disappointed, they’re choosing to live disappointed. Emotional stoicism is not badassery. Blustery posturing is not bad…”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“When you worry, ask yourself 'What am I choosing not to see right now?' What important things are you missing because you chose worry over introspection, alertness, or wisdom?”— Gavin De Becker, amazon.com