Category: Quotes
Before believing in yourself, have a clear view of your potential. (No one should know it better.)
How long are yougoing to waitbefore you demand the bestfor yourself? — Epictetus
Why be satisfied witha little improvementwhen you can strivefor full perfection? — stonepeace
When we are no longer ableto change a situation,we are challengedto change ourselves. — Viktor FranklChanging of ourselves begins at…
What man actually needsis not a tensionless statebut rather thestriving and strugglingfor some goal worthy of him. — Viktor Frankl…
I begin to speak only whenI’m certain what I’ll sayisn’t better left unsaid. — Cato
As mad men often thinkthat black is white,so foolishness isnext of kin to madness. — Musonius Rufus(On Furnishings)
If equal affection cannot be,Let the more loving one be me. – W.H. Auden
Either you were banished justly or unjustly.If justly, how can it be right or fittingto feel aggrieved at just…
The wise and sensible…do not think that disgracelies in enduring them[i.e. malignant glances, laughs,strikes or reviles],but rather in doing…
We do not feelthe lack of many thingsunless we wishto live luxuriously. — Musonius Rufus(Exile Is Not An Evil)
Philosophy is nothing elsethan to search out by reasonwhat is right and properand by deedsto put it into practice….
Shall we not be readyto endure hardshipfor the sake ofcomplete happiness? — Musonius Rufus(That One Should Disdain Hardships)
You will earnthe respect of all menif you beginby earningthe respect of yourself. — Musonius Rufus(Fragments: 30)
One man and one aloneshall we consider rich,the man who hasacquired the abilityto want for nothingalways and everywhere. —…
If one accomplishes some good,though with toil,the toil passes,but the good remains. If one does somethingdishonourable with pleasure,the pleasure…
Do not expectto urge right doing upon menwho are conscious ofyour own wrongdoing. — Musonius Rufus(Fragments: 32)
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