All is ephemeral - fame and the famous as well.

The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.

When you find an unwillingness to rise early in the morning, endeavor to rouse your faculties, and act up to your kind, and consider that you have to do the business of a man; and that action is both beneficial and the end of your being.

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.

To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.

Everything that happens, happens as it should.

Tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind.