Echoes

Hatred and anger are the greatest poison to the happiness of a good mind.

We place the happy life in the security of the mind and in freedom from all obligations.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Resentment and complaint are appropriate neither for oneself or others.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.

Be detached from desire your whole life long.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine — and shadows will fall behind you.

If you wish to make Pythocles wealthy, don't give him more money; rather, reduce his desires.

For in all adversity of fortune, the most unfortunate kind of misfortune is to have been happy.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Boredom is the root of all evil — the despairing refusal to be oneself.

In jealousy there is more self-love than love.

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Accept everything just the way it is.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little.

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, And the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

There is not love of life without despair about life.

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.