Stick to what's in front of you - idea, action, utterance.
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
Do every act of your life as if it were your last.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action.
Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it--turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal.