The good or ill of a man lies within his own will.

Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble. It is time to really live; to fully inhabit the situation you happen to be in now.

Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.

Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control

Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.

Do you know that disease and death must needs overtake us, no matter what we are doing?... what do you wish to be doing when it overtakes you?... If you have anything better to be doing when you are so overtaken, get to work on that.

When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.