There are three things in human life that are important: The first is to be kind, the second is to be kind, and the third is to be kind.
Henry James

“When we behave contentiously, injuriously, passionately, and violently, into what have we sunk? Into wild beasts.”

Discourses 2.9.5 [Higginson Trans.]

“Nothing is so characteristic of peace of mind as that it is continuous and unhindered.”

Discourses 4.4.5 [Matheson Trans.]

“If you wish not to be disappointed in your desires, that is in your own power. Exercise, therefore, what is in your power.”

Enchiridion 14 [Higginson Trans.]

“No one is master of the ruling faculty of another.”

Discourses 4.5.4 [Carter Trans.]

“When death appears as an evil, we ought to immediately remember that evils may be avoided, but death is inevitable.”

Discourses 1.27.7 [Carter Trans.]

“A man ought to be at the same time cautious and courageous: courageous toward things which do not depend on our choice, and cautious in things which are within our choice.”

Discourses 2.1.40 [Long Trans.]