Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

What we do in life ripples in eternity.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

Receive without conceit, release without struggle.

Everything that happens, happens as it should.

Or is it your reputation that's bothering you? But look at how soon we're all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all. The emptiness of those applauding hands. The people who praise us; how capricious they are, how arbitrary. And the tiny region it takes place. The whole earth a point in space - and most of it uninhabited.

He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time without end; for all things are of one kin and of one form.