Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on and ay, 'Why were things of this sort ever brought into the world?'

Confine yourself to the present.

When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your defining characteristic-what defines a human being-is to work with others.

I am an old man and have had many worries, but most have never come to pass.

Short is the little which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain.

No one was ever injured by the truth; but he who persists in self-deception and ignorance is injured.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.