Take charge of your thoughts. You can do what you will with them

Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees any one whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh; he will first ask whether that soul of man has come out of the brighter light, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess of light.

The love of the gods belongs to anyone who has given to true virtue and nourished it, and if any human being could become immortal, it would be he.

Maximize the power of the beliefs that strengthen you and neutralize those that weaken you.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one.

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.