Letters from a Stoic

"Even a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

"Generosity is the noblest of virtues."

"We ought to prepare for peace as vigorously as we do for war."

"Do what you have to do, and do it willingly."

"Pretend to be what you wish to become."

"Who can be tranquil while he is in fear?"

"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."

"Say what you mean and do what you say."

"Silence is sometimes the severest criticism."

"The man who is wisest is the one who fewest things need."

"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."

"Reduce your wants now, and there will be less to take away from you."

"No one can rob you of your free will."

"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing and that is the true sign of culture."

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

"Life is long if you know how to use it."

"Death is not an evil, because it frees us from all wants and suffering."

"Nowhere is he who is everywhere."

"Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things."

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."

"The mind is everything. What we think we become."

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

"Patience is the companion of wisdom."

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

"To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself."

"The obstacle is the way."

"Our life is what our thoughts make it."

"Losing all hope was freedom."

"Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire."

"The greatest wealth is health."