It is not things that disturb us, but our judgments about things. For example, death is nothing terrible, for if it were, it would have appeared so to Socrates; but the judgment that death is terrible — that is the terrible thing.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Only the educated are free.
And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Without, everything seems discordant; only within does it coalesce into unity. Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside awakes.
I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics; that is my physics.