The whole universe is change and life itself is but what you deem it - either gratefully better than or bitterly worse than something else that you alone choose.

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.

Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn.

Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away.

Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, o Universe. Nothing for me is too early or too late, which is in due time for thee.

Because a thing is difficult for you, do not therefore suppose it to be beyond mortal power. On the contrary, if anything is possible and proper for man to do, assume that it must fall within your own capacity.

Reflect often upon the rapidity with which all existing things, or things coming into existence, sweep past us and are carried away.