Emotions and Feelings

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?

Life must be lived as play.

Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.