Never say about anything, "I have lost it," but only "I have given it back." Is your child dead? It has been given back. Is your wife dead? She has been returned.

To get or not to get what we desire can be equally disappointing.

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.

To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable; but everything reasonable may be supported.

If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.