No one can lose either the past or the future - how could anyone be deprived of what he doesn't possess?...It is only the present moment of which either stands to be deprived: and if this is all he has, he cannot lose what he does not have
Marcus Aurelius
A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
If anyman despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saything anything deservering of comtempt.
Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its our darkness
Perfection of charater is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, with out apathy, without pretence.
"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it.
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self - respect
When you arise in the morning, think of what's precious privelege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy and to love
Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
