Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.

The Beginning of Philosophy . . . is a Consciousness of your own Weakness and inability in necessary things.

Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made progress simply by having internalized their contents." Translation by Sharon Lebell

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.

An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.