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.

Every place is safe to him who lives with justice.

What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.

A soul that makes virtue its companion is like an over-flowing well, for it is clean and pellucid, sweet and wholesome, open to all, rich, blameless and indestructible.

Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.

It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens." Epictetus

Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait not for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do thy duty; nay, do good of thine own accord, and thou wilt be loved like the Sun.