No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.

What is it that every man seeks? To be secure, to be happy, to do what he pleases without restraint and without compulsion.

Silence is safer than speech.

Don't regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours.

Do not strive for things occurring to occur as you wish, but wish the things occurring as they occur, and you will flow well.

In order to please others, we loose our hold on our life's purpose.