“By myth I mean the arrangement of the incidents”

“Therefore, even the lover of myth is a philosopher; for myth is composed of wonder.”

“Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.”

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”

“Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.”

“Since the branch of philosophy on which we are at present engaged differs from the others in not being a subject of merely intellectual interest — I mean we are not concerned to know what goodness essentially is, but how we are to become good men, for this alone gives the study its practical value — we must apply our minds to the solution of the problems of conduct. ”

“I have gained this by philosophy; I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law.”