Musonius Rufus

“If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly, but the good endures.”

Lectures

“We begin to lose our hesitation to do immoral things when we lose our hesitation to speak of them.”

Lectures

“We begin to learn at the right time when we also start practicing what we are learning.”

“From good people you'll learn good, but if you mingle with the bad you'll destroy such soul as you had.”

“Humanity must seek what is not simple and obvious using the simple and obvious.”

“You will earn the respect of all if you begin by earning the respect of yourself.”

“In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.”

“Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account.”

“If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly, but the good endures.”