Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.

Were you to live three thousand years, or even thirty thousand, remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment; and furthermore, that he can have no other life except the one he loses.

The sinner sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action.

Take the shortest route. The one that nature planned - to speak and act in the healthiest way. Do that, and be free of pain and stress, free of all calculations and pretension.

Let thy chief fort and place of defense be a mind free from passions. A stronger place and better fortified than this, hath no man.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

People find pressure in different ways. I find it in keeping my mind clear. In not turning away from people or the things that happen to them. In accepting and welcoming everything I see. In treating each thing as it deserves.