Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law

Now we are not merely to stick knowledge on to the soul: we must incorporate it into her; the soul should not be sprinkled with knowledge but steeped in it.

You are your choices.

Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.

Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.

Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.

You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.