It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
For I am not Eternity, but a human being—a part of the whole, as an hour is part of the day. I must come like the hour, and like the hour must pass!
Remember that you are an actor in a play, the character of which is determined by the Playwright... For this is your business, to play admirably the role assigned you; but the selection of that role is Another's.
Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.
People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.