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.

If what charms you is nothing but abstract principles, sit down and turn them over quietly in your mind: but never dub yourself a Philosopher.

To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable; but everything reasonable may be supported.

Consider the bigger picture.....think things through and fully commit!

Never look for your work in one place and your progress in another.

Remember that you are but an actor, acting whatever part the Master has ordained. It may be short or it may be long. If he wishes you to represent a poor man, do so heartily; if a cripple, or a magistrate, or a private man, in each case act your part with honor.

It is better to advise than upbraid, for the one corrects the erring; the other only convicts them.