A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path—he does not mock and jeer at him and then take himself off. You also must show the unlearned man the truth, and you will see that he will follow. But so long as you do not show it him, you should not mock, but rather feel your own incapacity.

To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God

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

Getting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the world… Focus on your main duty

Man is not fully free unless he is master of himself.

Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the Author chooses: if short, then in a short one; if long, then in a long one. If it be His pleasure that you should enact a poor man, or a cripple, or a ruler, or a private citizen, see that you act it well. For this is your business, to act well the given part. But to choose it belongs to Another.

The appearance of things to the mind is the standard of every action to man.