Your mind will take on the character of your most frequent thoughts: souls are dyed by thoughts.

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

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.

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

Try to live the life of the good man who is more than content with what is allocated to him.

This is the chief thing: be not perturbed for all things are according to the nature of the universal.

There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight.

The passing minute is every man's equal possession but what has once gone by is not ours.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

Look well into thyself there is a source which will always spring up if thou wilt always search there.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.

It is in your own power to maintain the beauty of your soul, or to be a decent human being.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.

Everyman's life lies within the present for the past is spent and done with and the future is uncertain.

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.

Be your own master, and look at things as a man, as a human being, as a citizen, as a mortal creature.

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?