Today I escaped all circumstance, or rather I cast out all circumstance, for it was not outside me, but within my judgements.

The whole contains nothing that is not for its advantage. By remembering that I am part of such a whole, I shall be content with everything that happens.

Once you have done a man a service, what more reward would you have? Is it not enough to have obeyed the laws of your own nature, without expecting to be paid for it?

What we do in life ripples in eternity.

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

Everything is ephemeral, both that which remembers and that which is remembered.

The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.