“All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.”

It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.

Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.

It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.

It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.

If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Desire and happiness cannot live together.

Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.

It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.