We must ever bear in mind --that apart from the will there is nothing good or bad, and that we must not try to anticipate or to direct events, but merely to accept them with intelligence.

All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.

Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!

The good or ill of a man lies within his own will.

Bid a singer in a chorus, Know Thyself; and will he not turn for the knowledge to the others, his fellows in the chorus, and to his harmony with them?

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.