Men cling to life even at the cost of enduring great misfortune.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
True happiness comes from gaining insight and growing into your best possible self. Otherwise all you're having is immediate gratification pleasure, which is fleeting and doesn't grow you as a person.
Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honour than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life.
We make war that we may live in peace.
No one would choose a life without friends, even if they had everything else in the world.
Happiness belongs to the self sufficient.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.
