He is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither subject to compulsion nor to hindrance, nor to force; whose movements to action are not impeded, whose desires attain their purpose, and who does not fall into that which he would avoid.

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

To make anything a habit, do it; to not make it a habit, do not do it; to unmake a habit, do something else in place of it.

Whoever then wishes to be free, let him neither wish for anything nor avoid anything which depends on others: if he does not observe this rule, he must be a slave.

When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.