The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

To them that ask: Where hast thou seen the Gods, or how knowest thou certainly that there be Gods, that thou art so devout in their worship? I answer: Neither have I seen my own soul, and yet I respect and honor it.

When you find an unwillingness to rise early in the morning, endeavor to rouse your faculties, and act up to your kind, and consider that you have to do the business of a man; and that action is both beneficial and the end of your being.

Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it.... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action.

Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.