If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.
All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
Only the educated are free.
As you think, so you become.....Our busy minds are forever jumping to conclusions, manufacturing and interpreting signs that aren't there.
Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.
No greater thing 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 ripen.
Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.
It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. Once you have determined the spiritual principles you wish to exemplify, abide by these rules as if they were laws, as if it were indeed sinful to compromise them. Don't mind if others don't share your convictions. How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be? Your nobler self cannot wait any longer.
It is difficulties that show what men are.
You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.
Ask yourself, "How are my thoughts, words and deeds affecting my friends, my spouse, my neighbour, my child, my employer, my subordinates, my fellow citizens?"
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
Let no man think that he is loved by any who loveth none.
Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them
Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that repel us. They are directly subject to our influence.
What is a good person? One who achieves tranquillity by having formed the habit of asking on every occasion, "what is the right thing to do now?"
Try to enjoy the great festival of life with other men!
Remember that you are in actor in a play of such a kind that the author chooses...For this is your duty, to act well the part that is given to you; but to select the part belongs to another.
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