“Do unsavory armpits and bad breath make you angry?”

“Art thou angry with him whose armpits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul?”

“Whether you are shivering with cold or too hot, sleepy or wide awake, spoken well of or badly, dying, or doing anything else, do not let it interfere with doing what is right. For whatever causes us to die is also one of life's processes. Even for this, nothing is required of us than to accomplish well the task at hand.”

“When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive-- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love”

“It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible.”

“Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.”

“Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.”