Stoicism provides some amazing insights for writer's and was practised by among others Epictetus, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius. Its basic philosophy is that the way we live should be based on our behaviour and not our words. It reminds us that the world is unpredictable, it demonstrates how brief our moment of life is and how we can teach ourselves to be steadfast, strong and in control of ourselves, whatever it is we face. It teaches us to contemplate and prepare for the things than can happen to us in life and argues that the most important thing is staying in the