"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."
Money
"Who can be tranquil while he is in fear?"
Peace
"Pretend to be what you wish to become."
Motivation
"Do what you have to do, and do it willingly."
Work
"We ought to prepare for peace as vigorously as we do for war."
Peace
"Generosity is the noblest of virtues."
Kindness
"Even a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
Adventure
"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."
Change
"The good man will use reason and will listen to it as it prompts him."
Philosophy
"It is precisely in times of immunity from care that the soul should toughen itself."
Strength
"There is no greater blessing than a friend who enjoys your happiness as much as you do."
Friendship
"Grief too bears its part in the universal law of change."
Change
"No one is free who is a slave to the body."
Freedom
"The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words."
Literature
"To be always occupied and to have no time for philosophy—this is a tragedy."
Philosophy
"Nature does not hurry; yet everything is accomplished."
Nature
"It is not things that disturb us, but our judgments about them."
Wisdom
"Seek not to find a remedy for your grief, but to understand why you grieve."
Gratitude
"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable."
Wisdom
"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."
Money
"True happiness is to enjoy your present possessions, without wishing for what you have not."
Happiness
"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."
Fear
"The greatest wealth is poverty of desires."
Philosophy
"Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life."
Time
"There is no one who can live happily who looks only to himself and turns everything to his own advantage."
Kindness
"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."
Strength
"How much better to pursue a straight course through life than to wander in all directions."
Leadership
"The time that makes others rich makes you poor."
Time
"You will die—yes, you too will die! Do you need to be reminded of your mortality?"
Death
"The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live."
Life