In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.

So it is more useful to watch a man in time of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask it torn off, reality remains.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

The obstacle in the path becomes that path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.

You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

The less you respond to negative people, the positive your life will become.

Values are related to our emotions, just as we practice physical hygiene to preserve our physical health, we need to observe emotional hygiene to preserve a healthy mind and attitudes.

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

Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.

One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.

To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.

It is a very great thing to be able to think as you like; but, after all, an important question remains: what you think.