When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men, ' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well

Nothing should lead you aside from your planned route

If there is a very strong love behind you that you can lean against to it, nothing can ever shake you very strongly!

Love cannot be FAKED, It will eventually Reveal itself in Action

Panic---a deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis.

I have so little patience with the whole Y.A. book thing. As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children or you read books for adults.

The earth is real. Only a fool, milking his cow, denies the cow's reality.

Out of some little thing, too free a tongue can make an outrageous wrangle.

Tears could not be equal, if I wept diamonds from the skies. Jenks (Black Magic Sanction)

Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing.

I feel like women have an easier time separating from their characters than men do.