107 quotes found
“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.”
“The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.”
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
“Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones like them.”
“When you run up against someone elses shamelessness, ask yourself this: Is a world without shamelessness possible?No. Then dont ask the impossible. There have to be shameless people in the world. T...”
“If all emotions are common coin, then what is unique to the good man?To welcome with affection what is sent by fate. Not to stain or disturb the spirit within him with a mess of false beliefs. Inst...”
“No more roundabout discussions of what makes a good man. Be one!”
“That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.”
“Regain your senses, call yourself back, and once again wake up. Now that you realize that only dreams were troubling you, view this 'reality' as you view your dreams.”
“When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive-- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love”
“You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.”
“Your mind will take on the character of your most frequent thoughts: souls are dyed by thoughts.”
“Things of themselves cannot touch the soul at all. They have no entry to the soul, and cannot turn or move it. The soul alone turns and moves itself, making all externals presented to it cohere wit...”
“The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.”
“Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.”
“God give me patience, to reconcile with what I am not able to changeGive me strength to change what I canAnd give me wisdom to distinguish one from another.”
“The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.”
“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”
“Give up your thirst for books, so that you do not die a grouch.”
“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
