"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…"

"If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad."

"If a man is unhappy, this must be due to himself, that is, to his own false choices."

"Do not be surprised if you are sometimes troubled by external things; for it is not the things themselves that trouble you, but your judgment about them."

"Any person capable of angering you becomes your master."