It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

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It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.

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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

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If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. It is in your power to erase this judgment about it. If anything in your own nature gives you pain, you are who hinders you from correcting your opinion.

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What we do in life ripples in eternity.

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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.

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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

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Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception

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Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.

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