How ridiculous not to flee from one's own wickedness, which is possible, yet endeavor to flee from another's which is not.

The sinner sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action.

If thou workest at that which is before thee ... expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to Nature, and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest, thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this.

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

The universe is a single life comprising one substance and one soul.

Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle...

When men hate or blame you, or say hurtful things about you, look deeply into their hearts and see what kind of men they are. You'll see how unnecessary it is to strain after their good opinion. Yet you must still think kindly of them. they are your neighbors. The gods help them as they do you, by dreams and oracles, to win their hearts' desires.