"Think of yourself as a slave, and you will not be disturbed by anything that happens to you."

"What would it be like to be a donkey? To be driven by a stick, to carry burdens, to have no choice? It would be a simple life, wouldn't it?"

"If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself; if it be a lie, laugh at it."

"Do not be concerned with what people think of you. You are not living for them."

"It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which determines how we will act."