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

Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.

The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.

Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.

Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

The best revenge is not to do as they do.

In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.

Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.

That’s the problem with love; we only know when we’ve found it because it just feels right.

Find a path or make one.

I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.

Some things were better lost than found.

If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.

Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found.