"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle." —Plato

"Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity." —Hippocrates

"Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do." —Cicero

"All cruelty springs from weakness." —Seneca

"It is essential that we not respond impulsively… take a moment before reacting, and you will find it easier to maintain control." —Epictetus

"The only thing I know is that I know nothing." —Socrates

"As fire tests gold, so misfortunate tests brave men." —Seneca

"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer." —Seneca

"Before you heal someone, ask him if he’s willing to give up the things that make him sick." —Hippocrates

"A humble art affords us daily bread." —Nero

"Better to do a little well than a great deal badly." —Socrates

"All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue." —Plato

"If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain." —Augustus

"First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak." —Epictetus

"A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence." —Pythagoras

"To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare oneself to die." —Cicero

"If you don’t have consistent goal in life, you can’t live it in a consistent way." —Marcus Aurelius

"The tranquility that comes when you stop caring what they say. Or think or do. Only what you do." —Marcus Aurelius

"How does it help…to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?" —Seneca

"Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control." —Epictetus