Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to one perception, the perception of this one living being; and how all things act with one movement; and how all things are the cooperating causes of all things which exist; observe too the continuous spinning of the thread and the contexture of the web.

There is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune.

The world is nothing but change, our life is only perception.

My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time.

This is moral perfection: to live each day as though it were the last; to be tranquil, sincere, yet not indifferent to one's fate.

You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action.

Do not act as if you had a thousand years to live.