To know that you do not know and to be willing to admit that you do not know without sheepishly apologizing is real strength and sets the stage for learning and progress in any endeavor.

The universe is but one great city, full of beloved ones, divine and human, by nature endeared to each other.

What disturbs and alarms man are not the things, but his opinions and fancies about the things.

Our duties naturally emerge form such fundamental relations as our families, neighborhoods, workplaces, our state or nation. Make it your regular habit to consider your roles-parent, child, neighbor, citizen, leader-and the natural duties that arise from them. Once you know who you are and to whom you are linked, you will know what to do.

I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.

He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.

If anyone is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault... Nothing else is the cause of anxiety or loss of tranquility except our own opinion.