Some things are up to us [eph' hêmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses, desires, aversions–in short, whatever is our own doing. Our bodies are not up to us, nor are our possessions, our reputations, or our public offices, or, that is, whatever is not our own doing.

Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control

It is unreasonable to think we can earn rewards without being willing to pay their true price. It is always our choice whether or not we wish to pay the price for life's rewards.

Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.

To know that you do not know and to be willing to admit that you do not know without sheepishly apologizing is real strength and sets the stage for learning and progress in any endeavor.

In order to please others, we loose our hold on our life's purpose.

The foolish and the uneducated have little use for freedom. Only the educated are free.