It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you it is your own opinion which is provoking.

No living being is held by anything so strongly as by its own needs. Whatever therefore appears a hindrance to these, be it brother, or father, or child, or mistress, or friend, is hated, abhorred, execrated.

What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

To be getting an education means this: to be learning what is your own, and what is not your own.

Getting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the world… Focus on your main duty