If I sit for a while, then my impatience, crossness, frustration, are indeed annihilated, and my sense of humor returns.

There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over - and to let go. It means leaving what's over without denying its validity or its past importance in our lives.

Weariness can snore upon the flint when resting sloth finds the down pillow hard.

In my years, I have seen that people must be their own gods and make their own good fortune. The bad will come or not come anyway.

For what can be more noble than to slay oneself? Not literally. Not with a blade in the guts. But to extinguish the selfish self within, that part which looks only to its own preservation, to save its own skin. That, I saw, was the victory you Spartans had gained over yourselves. That was the glue. It was what you had learned and it made me stay, to learn it too.

Your mindset matters. It affects everything - from the business and investment decisions you make, to the way you raise your children, to your stress levels and overall well-being.