Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.

Don’t let your imagination be crushed by life as a whole. Don’t try to picture everything bad that could possibly happen. Stick with the situation at hand.

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

A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.

Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at

Only the educated are free.

Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.

A rational person can find peace by cultivating indifference to things outside of their control.

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.

You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.

Try to enjoy the great festival of life.

The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.

Learn to be indifferent to what makes no difference.

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

Think progress, not perfection.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control

Just that you do the right thing. The rest does not matter.

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love

This is the mark of perfection of character—to spend each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, laziness, or any pretending.

You will earn the respect of all if you begin by earning the respect of yourself.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.

There is no genius without a touch of madness.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.

The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.

Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

While we wait for life, life passes.

Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

He who is brave is free.

The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths.

Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.

Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.

He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.

The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.

Ignorance is the cause of fear.

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

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

Confine yourself to the present.

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

Those who have subdued their ego understand that it doesn’t degrade you when others treat you poorly; it degrades them.

If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. And it is in your power to wipe out this judgment now.

We should always be asking ourselves - is this something that is, or is not, in my control?

Show me a man who isn’t a slave; one who is a slave to sex, another to money, another to ambition; all are slaves to hope or fear.

The things you run from are inside you.

While you live - while you can - be a good man.

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Above all, do not lie to yourself.

If a man can reduce his needs to zero, he is truly free: there is nothing that can be taken from him; nothing can hurt him.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Only time can heal what reason cannot.

Do not seek for things to happen the way you want them to; rather, wish that what happens happen the way it happens: then you will be happy.

The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.

Another person will not hurt you without your cooperation. You are hurt the moment you believe yourself to be.

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.

But life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future.

You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.

Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

Joy comes to us from those whom we love, even when they are absent.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.

I will have to remember "I am here today to cross the swamp, not to fight all the alligators".

Our bodies are apt to be our autobiographies.

The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I’m looking for the truth,’ and so it goes away. Puzzling".

To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.

All of our miseries are nothing but attachment.

Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.

It is by logic that we prove, but by intuition that we discover.

Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

Those who do not weep, do not see.

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.

The secret to doing good research is always to be a little underemployed. You waste years by not being able to waste hours.