"Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire."

"Don't seek to have things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you."

"As a mark is not set up for the purpose of missing the aim, so neither does the nature of evil exist in the universe."

"If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself; if it be a lie, laugh at it."

"No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ri…"