If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all beside is nothing to us, why are we still troubled?

Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control

If someone irritates you, it is only your own response that is irritating you. Therefore, when anyone seems to be provoking you, remember that it is only your judgment of the incident that provokes you. -

God has entrusted me with myself.

Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.

Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.

Let no man think that he is loved by any who loveth none.