Epictetus

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

Epictetus

Only the educated are free.

Epictetus

It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

Epictetus

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.

Epictetus

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Epictetus

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.

Stephen Hawking

The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.

Stephen Hawking

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny

Stephen Hawking

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.

Stephen Hawking

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.