"If you wish for nothing, you will be free."

"The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it."

"Choose to be either free or a slave, enlightened or a fool, a thoroughbred or a nag. Either resign yourself to a life of abuse till you die, or escape it immediately. For God's sake, don't put up with…"

"He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at."

"When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings."