Quotes by Cleanthes (Greek Stoic philosopher and Successor to Zeno of Citium)

Quotes:

1. “The Fates guide the person who accepts them and hinder the person who resists them.”


2. “Lead me on, O Zeus, and thou Destiny,
   To wherever your decrees have assigned me.
   I follow readily, but if I choose not,
   Wretched though I am, I must follow still.
   Fate guides the willing, but drags the unwilling.”


3. “Ignorant men differ from beasts only in their figure.”


4. “He needs little who desires but little.”


5. “He has his wish, whose wish can be to have what is enough.”


6. “The willing are led by fate, the reluctant are dragged.”