Avoid Pain
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. —Aristotle
Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame. —Buddha
Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth. —Buddha
A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated this is the greatest blessing. —Buddha
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. —Socrates