—Epictetus.
Let us never forget that an act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.
—Maurice Materlinck.
I said, “I will go out and look for mine enemies,” and that day I found no friends. Again, I said, “I will go out and look for my friends,” and that day I found no enemies.
—Gertrude R. Lewis.
Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind, for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.
—Marcus Aurelius.
Have faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
—Confucius.
“If you will call your ‘troubles’ ‘experiences,’ and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.”