We need to regularly stop and take stock; to sit down and determine within ourselves which things are worth valuing and which things are not; which risks are worth the cost and which are not. Even the most confusing or hurtful aspects of life can be made more tolerable by clear seeing and by choice.

Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things, and thence proceed to greater.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

It is not my place in society that makes me well off, but my judgements, and these I can carry with me... These alone are my own and cannot be taken away.

Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature. the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

When you let go of your attention for a little while, do not think you may recover it whenever you please.