Two principles we should always have ready - that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we are not to lead events, but to follow them.

Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, 'Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let …

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Whatever you would make habitual, practice it; and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom yourself to something else.

Piety towards the Gods, be sure, consists chiefly in thinking rightly concerning them-that they are, and that they govern the Universe with goodness and justic…

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.

There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness.