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."

Consider first the nature of the business in hand; then examine thy own nature, whether thou hast strength to undertake it.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.

Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.