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.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

There is only one thing for which God has sent me into the world, and that is to develop every kind of virtue or strength, and there is nothing in all the world that I cannot use for this purpose.

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

It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance

It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings. We do a better service to ourselves and others by remaining detached and avoiding melodramatic reactions.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.