Do nothing in a depressed mood, nor as one afflicted, nor as thinking that you are in misery, for no one compels you to that.

Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.

Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.

Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?

Freedom isn't the right or ability to do whatever you please. Freedom comes from understanding the limits of our own power and the inherent limits set in place by nature. By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, you become truly free.

What matters most is what sort of person you are becoming. Wise individuals care only about whom they are today and who they can be tomorrow.

Your master is he who controls that on which you have set your heart or wish to avoid.