When our friends are present we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well.

What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.

When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.

We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.

God has entrusted me with myself.

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

Neither the victories of the Olympic Games nor those achieved in battles make the man happy. The only victories that make him happy are those achieved against himself. Temptations and tests are combats. You have beaten one, two, many times; still fight. If you defeat at last you will be happy your entire life, as if you have always defeated.