(8 quotes found)
“The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.”
Colin Wilson
“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"”
Epictetus
“A life lived nobly is often short, harsh, and forgotten.”
William Stobart Mitch
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”
“Any person capable of angering you becomes your masterĶ¾ he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.”
Contributed by: Anna Williams
“No man is free who is not a master of himself”
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
“When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.”
