Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.

Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

Things themselves don't hurt or hinder us. Things simply are what they are. How we view these things is another matter.People think what they will think; it is of no concern to us.

The materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a matter of indifference.

You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.

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