Let no man think that he is loved by any who loveth none.

Once you know who you are and to whom you are linked, you will know what to do

The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight.

Cowardice, the dread of what will happen.

No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?

Remember that you are an actor in a play, and that the Playwright chooses the manner of it: If he wants you to act a poor man you must act the part with all your powers; and so if your part be a cripple or a magistrate or a plain man. For your business is to act the character that is given you and act it well. The choice of the cast is Another's.

What hurts this person is not the occurrence itself, for another person might not feel oppressed by this situation at all. What is hurting this person is the response he or she has uncritically adopted. It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings.