2. NovemberThat blessed mood in which the burden of the mystery grows lighter, until with a quiet eye we see into the life of things. 3. NovemberI have placed detachment above all virtue. For whoever wants nothing and has nothing finds nothing left in the way — he is free and empty and open. 4. NovemberThe best remedy for anger is delay. Do not ask it at the outset to forgive — only to examine: its first onset is violent; if it is made to wait, it subsides. 5. NovemberRemember me when I am gone, far gone into the silent land. But if remembering makes you sad, then rather forget me and smile than grieve. 6. NovemberWhoever desires nothing for himself fares well in all things; / for him the course of the world is full of his own will. 7. NovemberVirtue grows not from words but from practice and deed — just as no art was ever learned by listening alone. 8. NovemberThe mind turns every obstacle into a driving force: what meant to hinder action drives it forward — and what blocked the way opens a new one for it. 9. NovemberTake the role that fell to you, and play it well. You did not choose it — but how you play it is your work alone.