Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations too the spirit. If you compare yourself with others you become vain and bitter, for there will always be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your career however humble, it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let not this blind you to what virtue there is, many persons strive for high ideals and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself, especially do not feign affection, neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take kindly the council of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture the strength of spirit to shield you against sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with wild imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle on yourself. You are a child of the Universe, no less than the trees and the stars. You have a right to be here. And whether it is clear to you or not, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul. With all it's shame drudgery and broken dreams it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.