The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.

The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight.

There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.

If you have assumed a character above your strength, you have both acted in this matter in an unbecoming way, and you have neglected that which you might have fulfilled.

It was the first and most striking characteristic of Socrates never to become heated in discourse, never to utter an injurious or insulting word -- on the contrary, he persistently bore insult from others and thus put an end to the fray.

Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new.

When you want to hear a philosopher, do not say, 'You say nothing to me'; only show yourself worthy or fit to hear, and then you will see how you will move the speaker.