To the rational being only the irrational is unendurable, but the rational is endurable.

What is it to be a philosopher? Is it not to be prepared against events?

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.

Men are not worried by things, but by their ideas about things. When we meet with difficulties, become anxious or troubled, let us not blame others, but rather ourselves. That is: our ideas about things.

The wise realize that some things are within their control, and most things are not. They learn early on to distinguish between what they can and can't regulate.

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.

Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.