"If you want to be rich, do not seek to increase your possessions, but to decrease your desires."

"If you want to be a man, or a woman, and do what is proper to a human being, do not go to others and ask, 'Am I a human being?'"

"Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be? Your nobler self cannot wait any longer. Put your principles into practice – now.…"

"It is better to starve to death in a calm and tranquil state than to live in abundance with vexation."

"Freedom isn't secured by filling up on your heart's desire but by removing your desire."