All philosophy in two words - sustain and abstain.
Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
Philosophy does not promise to secure anything external for man, otherwise it would be admitting something that lies beyond its proper subject-matter. For as the material of the carpenter is wood, and...
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
Who then is invincible? The one who cannot be upset by anything outside their reasoned choice.
To admonish is better than to reproach for admonition is mild and friendly, but reproach is harsh and insulting; and admonition corrects those who are doing wrong, but reproach only convicts them.
God has entrusted me with myself.
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
Restrict yourself to choice and refusal; and exercise them carefully, with discipline and detachment.
The first and most important field of philosophy is the application of principles such as Do not lie. Next come the proofs, such as why we should not lie. The third field supports and articulates the...
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
As the sun does not wait for prayers and incantations tob e induced to rise, but immediately shines and is saluted by all, so do you also not wait for clappings of hands and shouts of praise tob e ind...
Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.
God save me from fools with a little philosophy—no one is more difficult to reach.
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then rip...
People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.
As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.