Alfred de Vigny Quotes

Vex not thy spirit at the course of things; they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything that may happen in life.

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them there's no sense in getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them there's no sense in getting upset.

He that resigns his peace to little casualties, and suffers the course of his life to be interrupted for fortuitous inadvertencies or offences, delivers up himself to the direction of the wind, and loses all that constancy and equanimity which constitutes the chief praise of a wise man.

He accepted what each moment brough him, and never troubled himself with matters that were outside his control.

Those who give way to great anger are like the dead:Those who are free from anger are free from death.

He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate ... can look fortune in the face.

Happiness or sorrow- whatever befalls you, walk on untouched, unattached.

Anyone who found the secret of rejoicing when things go well without being annoyed when they go badly would have found the point.

Accept everything just the way it is.

The wise are unaffected either by death or life. These are but faces of the same coin.

Embrace the higher truth that everything comes to pass exactly as it should. Find peace and wisdom by accepting what is.

Ask yourself: Does this appearance (of events) concern the things that are within my own control or those that are not? If it concerns anything outside your control, train yourself not to worry about it.

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.

I don't worry about the things I can't change.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly.

Life is accepting what is and working from that.

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.

A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.

Knowledge means being in the place where we are put.