Practice really hearing what people say. Do your best to get inside their mind.

Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.

Thou sufferest justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day.

The whole contains nothing that is not for its advantage. By remembering that I am part of such a whole, I shall be content with everything that happens.

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.

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.