When you let go of your attention for a little while, do not think you may recover it whenever you please.

The appearance of things to the mind is the standard of every action to man.

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

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it. It is not the things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance. Things and people are not what we wish them to be nor are they what they seem to be. They are what they are.

To be getting an education means this: to be learning what is your own, and what is not your own.

One of the best ways to elevate your character is to emulate worthy role models

The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.