To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.

In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.

What is a child? Ignorance. What is a child? Want of instruction.

It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens." Epictetus

We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.

If you would be well spoken of, learn to be well-spoken; and having learnt to be well- spoken, strive also to be well-doing; so shall you succeed in being well spoken of.

The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight.