The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active read more

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe. -Unknown.

It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe. -Unknown.

When someone falls, don't laugh at them. Help them up. They will pay you back some day.

When someone falls, don't laugh at them. Help them up. They will pay you back some day.

Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shrewd unto thee than men understand.

Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shrewd unto thee than men understand.

The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.

The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.

I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.

I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.