Author: Jeffrey Skevington

“A wise man proportions his beliefs to the evidence.” – David Hume

“No man is good by chance. Virtue is something which must be learned.” – Seneca

“Who has a harder fight than he who is trying to overcome himself?” – Thomas Kempis

“Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.” – Alejandro Jodorowsky

“We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth that is bitter.” – Denis Diderot

“A person often meets their destiny on the road they took to avoid it.” – Jean de la Fontaine

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” – Epictetus

“Never depend on the admiration of others. There is no strength in it. Personal merit cannot be derived from an external source.” – Epictetus

“It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.” – Voltaire

“Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.” – James Allen