You need to be prepared for firm decisions and action, without losing gentleness towards those who obstruct or abuse you. It's as great a weakness to be angry with them as it is to abandon your plan of action and give up through fear.

Everything is here for a purpose, from horses to vine shoots. What's surprising about that? Even the sun will tell you, "I have a purpose," and the other goods as well.

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice?

The best sort of revenue is not to be like him who did the injury.

Give full attention and devotion to each act.

Body. Soul. Mind. Sensations: the body. Desires: the soul. Reasoning: the mind.