If you would be good, first believe that you are bad.

It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.

Some of their faults men readily admit, but others not so readily.

If you would be good, first believe that you are bad.