It Is A Shame For The Soul

Be Like The Rocky Headland On Which The Waves Constantly Break. It Stands Firm, And Round It The Seething Waters Are Laid To Rest.

If You Are Pained By Any External Thing, It Is Not This That Disturbs You, But Your Own Judgment About It.

Just As Nature Takes Every Obstacle, Every Impediment, And Works Around It--turns It To Its Purposes, Incorporates It Into Itself, So, Too, A Rational Being Can Turn Each Setback Into Raw Material And Use It To Achieve Its Goal.

Receive The Gifts Of Fortune Without Pride, And Part With Them Without Reluctance.

I Seek The Truth...it Is Only Persistence In Self-delusion And Ignorance That Does Harm.