The flesh believes that pleasure is limitless and that it requires unlimited time; but the mind, understanding the end and limit of the flesh and ridding itself of fears of the future, secures a complete life and has no longer any need for unlimited time.

What will happen to me if that which this desire seeks is achieved, and what if it is not?

As if they were our own handiwork we place a high value on our characters.

Death is meaningless to the living because they are living, and meaningless to the dead… because they are dead.

Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor.

He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.

Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.