Books are the training weights of the mind.

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.

We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.

Seek to be the purple thread in the long white gown.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

To live a life of virtue, you have to become consistent, even when it isn't convenient, comfortable, or easy.

Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control. Sickness may challenge your body. But are you merely your body? Lameness may impede your legs. But you are not merely your legs. Your will is bigger than your legs. Your will needn't be affected by an incident unless you let it.