Don't befriend people who make you feel worse about yourself after hanging out with them.
It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city
The truth burns. It burns off dead wood, and people don't like having dead wood burnt off, often because they're 95 percent dead wood
Don't tell people "You're okay the way that you are." That's not the right story. The right story is, 'You're way less than you could be. Strive to be more
Don't compare yourself with other people, they are not your frame of reference. Compare yourself to who you were yesterday.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Want not peace, but problems always. Then you can continue learning to grow.