“It is not what you endure that matters, but how you endure it.”
― Dialogues and Essays
― Dialogues and Essays
“Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
“The body’s needs are few: it wants to be free from cold, to banish hunger and thirst with nourishment; if we long for anything more we are exerting ourselves to serve our vices, not our needs.”
― On the Shortness of Life
― On the Shortness of Life
“People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy.”
― On the Shortness of Life
― On the Shortness of Life
“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
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