Not to be driven this way and that, but to always behave with justice and to see things as they are. 4.22 But the man motivated by desire, who is mastered by pleasure, seems somehow more self-indulgent, less manly in his sins. 2.10 The mind without passion is a fortress. No place is more secure. Once we take refuge there we are safe forever. 8.48

Frightened of change? But what can exist without it? Can any process take place without something being changed? 7.18 To move from one unselfish action to another with God in mind. Only there, delight and stillness. 6.7The only thing that isn’t worthless: to live this life out truthfully and rightly. And be patient with those who don’t. 6.47 And for a human being to feel stress is normal–if he’s living a normal human life. And if it’s normal, how can it be bad? 6.33

It would be wrong for anything to stand between you and attaining goodness — as a rational being and a citizen. 3.6 The things ordained for you–teach yourself to be at one with those. And to the people who share them with you–treat them with love. With real love. 6.39 Dowhatnature demands. Get a move on–if you have it in you–and don’t worrywhetheranyone will give youcreditfor it. And don’t go expecting Plato’s republic; be satisfied with even the smallest progress, and treat the outcome of it all as unimportant. 9.29

Enter their minds, and you’ll find the judges you’re so afraid of–and how judiciously they judge themselves. 9.18 Today Iescapedfrom anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions–not outside. 9.13