It was certainly not by design that the particles fell into order, they did not work out what they were going to do, but because many of them by many chances struck one another in the course of infinite time and encountered every possible form and movement, that they found at last the disposition they have, and that is how the universe was created.

Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.

...if one thing frightens people, it is that so much happens, on earth and out in space, the reasons for which seem somehow to escape them, and they fill in the gap by putting it down to the gods.

No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through

Forbear to spew out reason from your mind, but rather ponder everything with keen judgment; and if it seems true, own yourself vanquished, but, if it is false, gird up your loins to fight.

True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.

So, little by little, time brings out each several thing into view, and reason raises it up into the shores of light.