"How many have been afraid of death and yet have died laughing?"

"It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility is nothing more than the good ordering of the mind, the self-sufficiency which is within."

"When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they cannot tell good from…"

"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."

"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts."