You only have to doze a moment, and all is lost. For ruin and salvation both have their source inside you.
Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
It is much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion and unchecked desire.
A companion's crudeness is bound to rub off on the one he is with, no matter how refined that person may be.
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness
Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one thing: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only after we distinguish between the two that we can begin to find peace.
