It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you it is your own opinion which is provoking.

Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.

If someone irritates you, it is only your own response that is irritating you. Therefore, when anyone seems to be provoking you, remember that it is only your judgment of the incident that provokes you. -

Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you."

At this time is freedom anything but the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.

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

Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.