Always bear this in mind, that very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life.

The stream of tendency in which all things seek to fulfill the law of their being.

Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to.

You need to be prepared for firm decisions and action, without losing gentleness towards those who obstruct or abuse you. It's as great a weakness to be angry with them as it is to abandon your plan of action and give up through fear.

When you have been compelled by circumstances to be disturbed in any manner, quickly return to yourself, and do not continue out of tune longer than the compulsion lasts. You will have increasing control over your own harmony by continually returning to it.

Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker.

Everything is ephemeral, both that which remembers and that which is remembered.