"Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths."

"Never say about anything, 'I have lost it,' but only 'I have given it back.' Has your child died? It has been given back. Has your wife died? She has been given back. Has your estate been taken from y…"

"If you wish for nothing, you will be free."

"It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows."

"What do you want to be? A philosopher? Then do what philosophers do."