Let no act be done without purpose.
Look deeply. Don't miss the inherent quality and value of everything.
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.
So much worse are the consequences of anger than its causes.
For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure.