Body. Soul. Mind. Sensations: the body. Desires: the soul. Reasoning: the mind.

Look deeply. Don't miss the inherent quality and value of everything.

We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that.

Only to the rational animal is it given to follow voluntarily what happens; but simply to follow is a necessity imposed on all.

Run down the list of those who felt intense anger at something: the most famous, the most unfortunate, the most hated, the most whatever: Where is all that now? Smoke, dust, legend...or not even a legend. Think of all the examples. And how trivial the things we want so passionately are.

The whole universe is change and life itself is but what you deem it

Nature has given to each conscious being every power she possesses, and one of these abilities is this: just as Nature converts and alters every obstacle and opposition, and fits them into their predestined place, making them a part of herself, so too the rational person is able to finesse every obstacle into an opportunity, and to use it for whatever purpose it may suit.