When we name things correctly, we comprehend them correctly, without adding information or judgements that aren't there. Does someone bathe quickly? Don't say be bathes poorly, but quickly. Name the situation as it is, don't filter it through your judgments. Give your assent only to that which is actually true.

We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.

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

What else can I do, a lame old man, but sing hymns to God? If I were a nightingale, I would do the nightingale's part; if I were a swan, I would do as a swan. But now I am a rational creature, and I ought to praise God. This is my work. I do it, nor will I desert my post, so long as I am allowed to keep it. And I ask you to join me in this same song.

We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.

Don't regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours.

Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble.