The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not death, but rather the fear of death?

No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.

It is not things in themselves which trouble us, but our opinions of things.

To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God

Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.

You become what you give your attention to...If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.