A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything. – Ramakrishna
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. – Marcus Aurelius
I have short goals – to get better every day, to help my teammates every day – but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. Its all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing. – LeBron James
All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself. – Jesus Christ