Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

Romans 13:1

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Swami Chinmayananda

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

Voltaire

It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.

Bertrand Russell

Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred.

Arthur Schopenhauer

If you can't live alone, you were born a slave.

Fernando Pessoa