Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.

Don't take security in the false refuge of consensus.

Be a lamp unto yourself, be a refuge to yourself. Take yourself to no external refuge.

seek no homes in other people's chests,

Don't allow yourself to be held hostage by the opinion of others.

Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.

Never take counsel of your fears.

never let fear define who you are, and never let where you came from determine where you are going.

Do not let yourself be guided by the feeling of lust or love.

I would warn any minority student today against the temptations of self-segregation: take support and comfort from your own group as you can, but don’t hide within it.

Never let fear hold you captive.
Never let self-doubt hold you captive.
Never let frustration hold you captive.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

There is no shelter in you anywhere.

Let me admonish you, first of all, to go alone; to refuse the good models, even those most sacred in the imagination of men, and dare to love God without mediator or veil.