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?
As far as you can, get into the habit of asking yourself in relation to any action taken by another: "What is his point of reference here?" But begin with yourself: examine yourself first.
Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker.
It is in your own power to maintain the beauty of your soul, or to be a decent human being.
It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible.
Human life. Duration: momentary. Nature: changeable. Perception: dim. Condition of Body: decaying. Soul: spinning around. Fortune: unpredictable. Lasting Fame: uncertain. Sum Up: The body and its parts are a river, the soul a dream and mist, life is ...
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.
If the gods have determined about me and about the things which must happen to me, they have determined well, for it is not easy even to imagine a deity without forethought; and as to doing me harm, why should they have any desire towards that? For w...
Even the least of our activities ought to have some end in view.
No more roundabout discussions of what makes a good man. Be one!
Salvation: to see each thing for what it is— its nature and its purpose. To do only what is right, say only what is true, without holding back. What else could it be but to live life fully— to pay out goodness like the rings of a chain, without t...
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
Do not be ashamed of help.
The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
