We ought to flee the friendship of the wicked, and the enmity of the good.

Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble. It is time to really live; to fully inhabit the situation you happen to be in now.

We are not to lead events, but to follow them.

No man is disturbed by things, but by his opinion about things.

The soul is unwillingly deprived of truth.

Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.

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