Be cheerful, also, and seek not external help, nor the peace which others give. A man must stand straight, and not be kept straight by others.
Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
The world is nothing but change, our life is only perception.
If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it.
How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life
It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities .