A Strong Belief In Fate Is The

Freedom Is The Greatest Fruit Of Self Sufficiency.

Death Does Not Concern Us, Because As Long As We Exist, Death Is Not Here. And When It Does Come, We No Longer Exist.

The Acquisition Of Riches Has Been For Many Men, Not An End, But A Change, Of Troubles.

The Fool’s Life Is Empty Of Gratitude And Full Of Fears; Its Course Lies Wholly Toward The Future.

When We Say That Pleasure Is The End, We Do Not Mean The Pleasure Of The Profligate Or That Which Depends On Physical Enjoyment--as Some Think Who Do Not Understand Our Teachings, Disagree With Them, Or Give Them An Evil Interpretation--but By Pleasure We Mean The State Wherein The Body Is Free From Pain And The Mind From Anxiety.