You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.

Whatever you would make habitual, practice it; and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom yourself to something else.

Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.

Ask yourself, "How are my thoughts, words and deeds affecting my friends, my spouse, my neighbour, my child, my employer, my subordinates, my fellow citizens?"

When the Idea, of any Pleasure strikes your Imagination... let that time be employed in making a just Computation between, the duration of the Pleasure, and that of the Repentance sure to follow it.

It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance

From now on practice saying to everything that appears unpleasant: You are merely an appearance and NOT what you appear to be.