Life is large. We cannot possibly grasp the whole of it in the few years that we have to live. What is vital? What is essential? What may we profitably let go?

Worry is spiritual nearsightedness, a fumbling way of looking at little things, and of magnifying their value.

It is not our failures that distress us so much as our idiocies.

Value work. But not any kind of work. Ask yourself "Is the work vital, strengthening my own character, or inspiring others, or helping the world?".

Let us assume nothing, and we shall not be moritifed.

Be wise in the use of time. The question in life is not "how much time do we have?" The question is "what shall we do with it?"

Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat.