Emotions and Feelings

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it.

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust.

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust.

There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.