Become who you are.
I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.
All men by nature desire knowledge.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
They alone live, who live for others.
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment. Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self requires strength; He who knows he has enough is rich. Perseverance is a sign of will power.
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.