Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, read more

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.

Count your age with friends but not with years.

Count your age with friends but not with years.

Thought is, perhaps, the forerunner and even the mother of ideas, and ideas are the most powerful and the most read more

Thought is, perhaps, the forerunner and even the mother of ideas, and ideas are the most powerful and the most useful things in the world.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where read more

Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.

I wasn't born in a log cabin, but my family moved into one as soon as they could afford it.

I wasn't born in a log cabin, but my family moved into one as soon as they could afford it.

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

But a stranger in a strange land, he is no one: men know him not-and to know not is to read more

But a stranger in a strange land, he is no one: men know him not-and to know not is to care not for.