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?

For any particular thing, ask: What is it in itself? What is its nature?

People find pressure in different ways. I find it in keeping my mind clear. In not turning away from people or the things that happen to them. In accepting and welcoming everything I see. In treating each thing as it deserves.

How powerful is man! He is able to do all that God wishes him to do. He is able to accept all that God sends upon him.

Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Don't let your imagination be crushed by life as a whole.

A man's happiness,-to do the things proper to man.