Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control.

How easy it is to repel and release every impression which is troublesome and immediately to be tranquil.

‎"Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busy-body, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial

It is a shameful thing for the soul to faint while the body still perseveres.

It's time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet.

Think on this doctrine, - that reasoning beings were created for one another's sake; that to be patient is a branch of justice, and that men sin without intending it.

"Sweep me up and send me where you please." For there I will retain my spirit, tranquil and content, as long as it can feel and act in harmony with its own nature. Is a change of place enough reason for my soul to become unhappy and worn, for me to become depressed, humbled, cowering, and afraid? Can you discover any reasons for this?