Stop whatever you're doing for a moment and ask yourself: Am I afraid of death because I won't be able to do this anymore?

Neither in writing nor in reading wilt thou be able to lay down rules for others before thou shalt have first learned to obey rules thyself.

Know the joy of life by piling good deed on good deed until no rift or cranny appears between them.

In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?

The stone that is thrown into the air is none the worse for falling down, and none the better for going up.

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.

This is enough. Do not add, And why were such things made in the world?