If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance.
It were no slight attainment could we merely fulfil what the nature of man implies.
Exceed due measure, and the most delightful things become the least delightful.
Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble. It is time to really live; to fully inhabit the situation you happen to be in now.
No great thing is created suddenly.
To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.