“We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.”

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.

Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.

Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Foolish is the man who says that he fears death, not because it will cause pain when it arrives but because anticipation of it is painful.

We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

Contented poverty is an honorable estate.

He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.

The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.

The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.

If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

Courage is feeling fear, not getting rid of fear, and taking action in the face of fear.

What are we “doing” when we do nothing but think? Where are we when we, normally always surrounded by our fellow men, are together with no one but ourselves?

Doubt can only be removed by action.

To have what you have never had, you have to do what you have never done.

Plurality is the condition of human action because we are all the same, that is, human, in such a way that nobody is ever the same as anyone else who ever lived, lives, or will live.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Thinking and feeling that have to do with action in association with others is as much a social mode of behavior as is the most overt cooperative or hostile act.

As far as the laws of existence are concerned, there is no good and bad, no crime and punishment. It is just that for every action, there is a consequence.