What Disturbs People, These Are Not Things,

It Is Not He Who Reviles Or Strikes You Who Insults You, But Your Opinion That These Things Are Insulting.

Imagine For Yourself A Character, A Model Personality, Whose Example You Determine To Follow, In Private As Well As In Public.

It Is Not A Demonstration Of Kindness Or Friendship To The People We Care About To Join Them In Indulging In Wrongheaded, Negative Feelings. We Do A Better Service To Ourselves And Others By Remaining Detached And Avoiding Melodramatic Reactions.

The Origin Of Sorrow Is This: To Wish For Something That Does Not Come To Pass.

Unremarkable Lives Are Marked By The Fear Of Not Looking Capable When Trying Something New.