He who attempts to resist the wave is swept away, but he who bends before it abides.
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.
One does not have to stand again the gale. One yields and becomes part of the wind.
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Better bend than break.
The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm ... to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally.
Happiness ... can exist only in acceptance.
Happiness comes from within a man, from some curious adjustment to life.
Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change!
Contentment, and indeed usefulness, comes as the infallible result of great acceptances, great humilities-of not trying to conform to some dramatized version of ourselves.
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
It is not necessarily those lands which are the most fertile or most favored in climate that seem to me the happiest, but those in which a long struggle of adaptation between man and his environment has brought out the best qualities of both.
I accept life unconditionally. ... Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.
Happiness is a function of accepting what is.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything; one's last is to come to terms with everything.
If you are wise, live as you can; if you cannot, live as you would.
Wisdom never kicks at the iron walls it can't bring down.