There are three attributes for which I am grateful to Fortune: that I was born, first, human and not animal; second, man and not woman; and third, Greek and not barbarian.

The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.

Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.

Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.

Who is happy? This is a person, who has a healthy body, is dowered with peace of mind and cultivates his talents.

The past is certain, the future obscure.

All things are from water and all things are resolved into water.

We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air

If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail.

Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.

If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience.

True courage consists in being courageous precisely when when we're not.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

Today, the message is that we have to help the middle class and the aspirational worker in the United States.

I'm not good," he said, piercing me with eyes that absorbed all light but reflected none, "but I was worse.

Everybody knows that our cities were built to be destroyed.

What I think is this: You should give up looking for lost cats and start searching for the other half of your shadow.

Our global future depends on the willingness of every nation to invest in its people, especially women and children.

Every living faith must have within itself the power of rejuvenation if it is to live

If I don't like somebody's looks, I don't like them.