People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are