“The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping.”
“Another person's life, observed from the outside, always has a shape and definition that one's own life lacks.”
“The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts.”
“Do not look for happiness outside yourself. The awakened seek happiness inside.”
“It matters not if the world has heard or approves or understands...the only applause we're meant to seek is that of nail-scarred hands.”
“I prefer the society of one faithful person to an association of rapid talkers, who more than anything else seek admiration from one another.”