Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.
The future is uncertain but the end is always near.
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.
It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.
If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic
Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
