It is not events that disturb the minds of men, but the view they take of them.

I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.

As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.

As in walking it is your great care not to run your foot upon a nail, or to tread awry, and strain your leg; so let it be in all the affairs of human life, not to hurt your mind or offend your judgment. And this rule, if observed carefully in all your deportment, will be a mighty security to you in your undertakings.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

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

What disturbs people, these are not things, but the judgments relating to things