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Pride in one's work is aroused as soon as work is functionalized. The moment a man has something to do that he likes to do, and can do well, he takes pride in it.

Where the mind is tinctured with philosophy, there is no place for grief, anxiety, or superfluous vexations.

A wise man gives way to tears in some cases, and cannot avoid them in others.

Not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient; for he that is so, wants nothing.

Spend, then, the fleeting remnant of your time in a spirit that accords with Nature, and depart contentedly.

In the face of a true friend a man sees as it were a second self.

Overlooking partial and temporary evils as inseparable from the practical operation of all human institutions, and looking only to the general result, every patriot has reason to be satisfied.

Happiness demands a certain outcome, it is result reliant.

Life is a verb. We try our best. We don’t always do our best.

One thing you can depend on people being…is people.

We give thanks for these things and that gratitude reciprocates, creating more to be thankful for. It’s simple, and it works.

the sensible make their life pleasanter and more endurable by mitigating their sorrows with the consideration of their blessings, while most people, like sieves, let the worst things stick to them while the best pass through

As therefore the shoe is shaped by the foot, and not the foot by the shoe, so does the disposition make the life similar to itself.

the foolish overlook and neglect present blessings, through their thoughts being ever intent on the future; but the wise make the past clearly present to them through memory

Whereas among real friends there is no rivalry or jealousy of one another, but they are satisfied and contented alike whether they are equal or one of them is superior.

Let us cleanse therefore the fountain of contentedness, which is within us, that so external things may turn out for our good, through our putting the best face on them.

For we never can make anything our own except that which is truly related to us.

Our heart ever changes its place till it finds love, and then it has its rest.

For joy is knowledge in its completeness, it is knowing by our whole being.

But music never has to depend upon any obvious meaning; it expresses what no words can ever express.

Only love is motion and rest in one.

Only in love are unity and duality not at variance.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.

We say so because we feel that what we love is not in your will, but above it.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.