"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."
"The only wealth that you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away."
"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart."
"If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it."
"Very little is needed for a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts; therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature."
"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason that today arm you against the present."
"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
"Do every act of your life as if it were your last."
"We were born to work together like feet, hands, and eyes, like the two rows of teeth, upper and lower. To obstruct each other is unnatural."
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Paperback – August 10, 2023