Zeno of Citium quotes

3 passages from The Aphorisms of Zeno

Founded Stoicism in Athens around 300 BCE after being shipwrecked and, by his own account, taking up philosophy as a result. He taught at the Stoa Poikile, the painted porch that gave the school its name.

“Either I will find a way, or I will make one.”
— Zeno of Citium, The Aphorisms of Zeno
“The wise man is self-sufficient.”
— Zeno of Citium, The Aphorisms of Zeno
“To be rich is to have few wants.”
— Zeno of Citium, The Aphorisms of Zeno