* A first step in freedom from false duties is to learn to recognize one when it tries to take you over.
* A false duty arises from a divided nature, and will therefore contain strain and confusion and many doubts.
* Self-unawareness drags us into false and resented duties.
* You are not required to save the world, but only yourself, which is the same as saving the world.
* It is not your duty to try to make someone understand who does not want to understand.
* You are not required to do anything for others which is harmful to you.
* Anyone burdened with his own illusions will feel compelled to burden you with them.
* There are many things we do not need to know, such as ways for impressing other people.
* YOU ARE HERE ON EARTH TO FIND YOURSELF, NOT PROVE YOURSELF.