Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.

On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.

Happiness is an equivalent for all troublesome things.

You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at various prices. This is why, when Florus was deliberating whether he should appear at Nero's shows, taking part in the performance himself, Agrippinus replied, 'Appear by all means.' And when Florus inquired, 'But why do not you appear?' he answered, 'Because I do not even consider the question.'

Who are those people by whom you wish to be admired? Are they not these whom you are in the habit of saying that they are mad? What then? Do you wish to be admired by the mad?

By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.