It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.

Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.

You will do the greatest service to the state if you shall raise, not the roofs of the houses, but the souls of the citizens: for it is better that great souls should dwell in small houses rather than for mean slaves to lurk in great houses.

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

What is death? A scary mask. Take it off-see, it doesn't bite.

No man is disturbed by things, but by his opinion about things.

Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that repel us. They are directly subject to our influence.