PossesseTh' by Fire

The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.

Remember the words of Monimus the Cynic: “Everything is opinion.” This principle is not only true but beneficial—if you know how to use it.

Believe me, it is the sign of a great man, and one who is above human error, not to allow his time to be frittered away: he has the longest possible life simply because whatever time was available he devoted entirely to himself.

Frightened of change? But what can exist without it? What’s closer to nature’s heart? Can you take a hot bath and leave the firewood as it was? Eat food without transforming it? Can any vital process take place without something being changed? Can’t you see? It’s just the same with you—and just as vital to nature.

You embarked, you set sail, you made port. Go ashore now. It is to another life, nothing is empty of the gods, even on that shore: and if to insensibility, you will cease to suffer pains and pleasures,no longer in thrall to a bodily vessel which is a master as far inferior as its servant is superior. One is the mind and divinity: the other a clay of dust and blood.

If you don't know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.

Oderint dum metuant. Let them hate me, as long as they fear me.

Believe that you can do it. Believing in oneself and having confidence are essential for achieving success.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.