Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 4 Bc Death: 65
Don't stumble over something behind you..
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful..
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes..
The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable..
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body..
It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know..
We suffer more in imagination than in reality..
If you don't know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life..
The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution.
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest sat….
Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The p….
No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the….
You are your choices..
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk..
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it..
There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation..
Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind..
Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot..
A consciousness of wrongdoing is the first step to salvation...you have to catch yourself doing it before you can correct it..
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal..