"To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but to love wisdom to the point of living according to its dictates."
Source not yet traced to a specific passage, so treat the exact wording as unverified. See disputed and misattributed quotes.
Not a Stoic. Henry David Thoreau is classed as Contemplative & Other: Voices from outside the Greco-Roman tradition, included here for reflection. These are not Stoic in origin.
More from the Contemplative & Other collection
- "The main obstacle to knowledge is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge."
- "An intelligent person learns from the mistakes of others, a common person learns from their own mistakes."
- "There is nothing so useless as doing something efficiently that should not be done."
- "The darkest hour lasts only sixty minutes."
- "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."