Turn thy thoughts now to the consideration of thy life, thy life as a child, as a youth, thy manhood, thy old age, for in these also every change was a death. Is this anything to fear?

Think nothing profitable to you which compels you to break a promise, to lose your self respect, to hate any person, to curse, to act the hypocrite.

To them that ask: Where hast thou seen the Gods, or how knowest thou certainly that there be Gods, that thou art so devout in their worship? I answer: Neither have I seen my own soul, and yet I respect and honor it.

The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Your mind will take on the character of your most frequent thoughts: souls are dyed by thoughts.

It's silly to try to escape other people's faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own.