We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.
You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.
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 man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you."