27. MarchWorse than suffering injustice is doing it. For the wound of the one who suffers strikes the body — that of the one who does it strikes the soul. 16. AprilWhere there is hatred, let me bring love; where there is hurt, forgiveness. For in giving we receive, in forgiving we are forgiven. 28. MayPrejudice is the child of ignorance. We shy away from what we do not know, despise what has remained foreign to us, and give our not-seeing the dignified name of 'judgement'. 3. JulyIt is not the one who reviles or strikes you who mistreats you — but your opinion that he is mistreating you. When someone provokes you, know this: your own view has provoked you. Therefore, above all, do not let yourself be carried away by the impression — if you gain time and delay, you will more easily become master of yourself. 14. SeptemberAs the sandalwood still bestows its gifts on the axe that fells it, so the noble person does good even to one who harms him. In hardship he does not bow, in good fortune he does not swell with pride — his nature stays the same. 22. SeptemberSomeone despises me? That is his affair. Mine: that I do and say nothing that deserves contempt. He hates me? His affair. I remain well-disposed toward everyone — ready to show him his error: not reviling him, not as a display of my patience, but genuinely and kindly. 5. OctoberResentment is not given to us so that we may hate the person, but so that we may resist the wrong. Rightly directed, it is a protection; wrongly directed, it becomes a poison. 15. NovemberWhoever does wrong does wrong to himself. Whoever is unjust is unjust to himself: he makes himself bad.