What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.

A ship should not be held by a single anchor; neither should life depend upon a single hope.

Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.

God has entrusted me with myself. No man is free who is not master of himself. A man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new.

Some of their faults men readily admit, but others not so readily.

What disturbs people's minds are not events but their judgments on events.