“When you wake in the morning, remember what a precious gift it is to be alive: to breathe, to think, to feel, to love.”

“Very little is needed to live a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”

“Do not torment yourself with the future. You will meet it, if you must, with the same reason that serves you in the present.”

“People look for retreats: in the country, by the sea, in the mountains. Yet you are free to retreat into yourself at any hour.”