It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

A soul which is conversant with virtue is like an ever flowing source, for it is pure and tranquil and potable and sweet and communicative (social) and rich and harmless and free from mischief.

Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.

No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?

If you would be good, first believe that you are bad.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

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.