Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you."

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance

He is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither subject to compulsion nor to hindrance, nor to force; whose movements to action are not impeded, whose desires attain their purpose, and who does not fall into that which he would avoid.

When we name things correctly, we comprehend them correctly, without adding information or judgements that aren't there. Does someone bathe quickly? Don't say be bathes poorly, but quickly. Name the situation as it is, don't filter it through your judgments. Give your assent only to that which is actually true.

What will the world be quite overturned when you die?