Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to.
Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.
Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions. Vigilantly practice polite indifference to that which we can't control. Your happiness can only be found within.
A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.