Were you to live three thousand years, or even thirty thousand, remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment; and furthermore, that he can have no other life except the one he loses.

In the same degree in which a man's mind is nearer to freedom from all passion, in the same degree also is it nearer to strength.

The body of an actor can be either his best friend or his worst enemy.

Reflect often upon the rapidity with which all existing things, or things coming into existence, sweep past us and are carried away.

I seek the truth...it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm.

Let it judge that nothing is either bad or good which can happen equally to the bad man and the good. For that which happens equally to him who lives contrary to nature and to him who lives according to nature, is neither according to nature nor contrary to nature.

Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding.