“The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.”
Colin Wilson
“No man is free who is not a master of himself”
Epictetus
“A life lived nobly is often short, harsh, and forgotten.”
William Stobart Mitch
“When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.”
“If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: "He obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned"”
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”
