“Dwell On The Beauty Of Life. Watch The Stars, And See Yourself Running With Them”
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. What does this quote from...
“Talk Sense To A Fool And He Calls You Foolish”
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. This quote from Euripides in his book The Bacchae could...
“Difficulties Strengthen The Mind As Labor Does The Body”
This quote is from Seneca the Younger. Clearly, Seneca is referring to difficulties as they effect one’s mental state in...
“The First And Greatest Victory Is To Conquer Yourself”
This is a quote from Plato. It is a quote that tells you that you are your own biggest obstacle....
“One Of The Most Cowardly Things Ordinary People Do Is To Shut Their Eyes To Facts”
This is a quote C. S. Lewis writes in his book The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, a book in...
“Death Is Not The Greatest Loss In Life. The Greatest Loss Is What Dies Inside Us While We Live”
Norman Cousins’ quote puts life, death, and what matters into perspective. Essentially, he is saying that the things we lose...
“Before You Heal Someone, Ask Him If He’s Willing To Give Up The Things That Make Him Sick”
What does this quote from Hippocrates mean? It means that for anyone to truly overcome their challenges, they have to...
“Character Is Revealed Through Action”
Character is revealed through action. This seems like an obvious enough quote from Aristotle. But what does it mean? It...
“Another Person Cannot Hurt You Without Your Cooperation; You Are Hurt The Moment You Believe Yourself To Be”
This quote from Epictetus highlights the fact that you are the one in control of your emotions and happiness. It...
“Criticism Is Something You Can Easily Avoid-By Saying Nothing, Doing Nothing, And Being Nothing”
An incredibly true quote from Aristotle. Criticism is inescapable. And if you plan on doing anything of meaning in your...
“If You Are Ruled By Mind, You Are A King; If By Body, A Slave”
This quote from Cato the Elder is pretty self-explanatory. Are you beholden to the physical material desires of your body?...
“What A Frightening Thing Is The Human, A Mass Of Gauges And Dials And Registers, And We Can Read Only A Few, And Those Perhaps Not Accurately”
This is a quote from writer John Steinbeck. It appeared in his 1961 book The Winter Of Our Discontent. But...