Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.

Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.

Once you accept, truly accept, that stuff will happen to you and there is nothing you can do about it, stress miraculously leaves your life.

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.

Let come what comes, and accommodate yourself to that, whatever it is. If good mental images arise, that is fine. If bad mental images arise, that is fine, too. Look on all of it as equal, and make yourself comfortable with whatever happens.

I just think about how much worse something could be, and I'm like, 'Alright, cool, whatever.' I'm nonchalant.

I have learned to take things as they come.

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.

You have to take everything as it comes.

The wise man will be as happy as circumstances permit, and if he finds the contemplation of the universe painful beyond a point, he will contemplate something else instead.

Treat gain and loss the same.' Don't be Intimidated. Don't make a Big Deal of anything - just accept things as they come to you.

Never worry about things That you are unable to change. Change your own way Of looking at truth.

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

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

Most of the time, I'm not scared. I get on with life, not because I'm a fatalist, but because that's the most congenial way of dealing with things. Indeed, most of the time, I'm not conscious of dealing with anything.

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

Life is accepting what is and working from that.

You have to try to take what life throws at you with grace and equanimity.

You can do everything you can to try to stop bad things from happening to you, but eventually things will happen, so the best prevention is a positive attitude.

You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to most other aspects of life.

Let come what comes, let go what goes. See what remains.

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.

You just take things as they come.

I don't understand people getting depressed about getting older. There is nothing you can do about it, so you might as well embrace it.

Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.