Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.

Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.

Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they read more

Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered read more

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have read more

Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost.

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a read more

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought read more

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.

There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.

When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.

When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the genie out of the bottle. read more

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the genie out of the bottle. It is to start a new train of events that is beyond your control...