Don't regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours.

Seek to be the purple thread in the long white gown.

A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path—he does not mock and jeer at him and then take himself off. You also must show the unlearned man the truth, and you will see that he will follow. But so long as you do not show it him, you should not mock, but rather feel your own incapacity.

Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, �He who is content.

When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?

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.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.