You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. Votes: 41
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. Votes: 28
Our life is what our thoughts make it. Votes: 14
What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat. Votes: 11
And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last. Votes: 8
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. Votes: 0
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Votes: 0
There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight. Votes: 0
Art thou angry with him whose armpits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul? Votes: 0
Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee. Votes: 0
To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less will be your grief Votes: 0
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. Votes: 0
Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. Votes: 0
We are born for cooperation, as are the feet, the hands, the eyelids, and the upper and lower jaws. Votes: 0
Live each day as if it be your last. Votes: 0
Know the joy of life by piling good deed on good deed until no rift or cranny appears between them. Votes: 0
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking. Votes: 0
He who eats my bread, does my will. Votes: 0
The sinner sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action. Votes: 0
Confine yourself to the present. Votes: 0
Anger cannot be dishonest. Votes: 0
A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something. Votes: 0
All is as thinking makes it so Votes: 0
Because your own strength is unequal to a task, do not assume it is beyond the powers of man. Votes: 0
Dig inside. Inside is the fountain of good, and it will forever flow, if you will forever dig. Votes: 0
Do not be ashamed of help. Votes: 0
Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things. Votes: 0
Each day provides its own gifts. Votes: 0
Even while a thing is in the act of coming into existence, some part of it has already ceased to be. Votes: 0
Everything is but what we think it. Votes: 0
External things are not the problem. It's your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now. Votes: 0
How soon will time cover all things. Votes: 0
Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them. Votes: 0
It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way. Votes: 0
Let goodness go with the doing. Votes: 0
Let no act be done without purpose. Votes: 0
Life is short. That's all there is to say. Get what you can from the present - thoughtfully, justly. Votes: 0
Man is born for deeds of kindness. Votes: 0
No one wearies of benefits received. Votes: 0
People exist for one another. Votes: 0
Poverty is the mother of crime. Votes: 0
Put an end once and for all to this discussion of what a good person should be, and be one. Votes: 0
Remember that all is opinion. Votes: 0
Remember that all things are only opinion and that it is in your power to think as you please. Votes: 0
Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to. Votes: 0
Socrates used to call the opinions of the many by the name of Lamiae, bugbears to frighten children. Votes: 0
The controlling Intelligence understands its own nature, and what it does, and whereon it works. Votes: 0
The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same thing. Votes: 0
Thou sufferest justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day. Votes: 0
To a rational being it is the same thing to act according to nature and according to reason. Votes: 0
Truth and ceremony are two things. Votes: 0
Try to live the life of the good man who is more than content with what is allocated to him. Votes: 0
We are born for cooperation Votes: 0
We are the other of the other Votes: 0
What we do now echoes in eternity. Votes: 0
Whoever does wrong, wrongs himself; whoever does injustice, does it to himself, making himself evil. Votes: 0
Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives. Votes: 0
Your mind will take on the character of your most frequent thoughts: souls are dyed by thoughts. Votes: 0
Nothing is worth doing pointlessly. Votes: 0
Everything is mere opinion. Votes: 0