The universal nature out of the universal substance, as if it were wax, now molds a horse, and when it has broken this up, it uses the material for a tree, then for a man, then for something else.

Though thou be destined to live three thousand years and as many myriads besides, yet remember that no man loseth other life than that which he liveth, nor liveth other than that which he loseth.

The wrongdoer is often the person who left something undone, rather than the person who has done something

Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance; and be ready to let it go.

It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities .

Prize that which is best in the universe; and this is that which useth everything and ordereth everything.

The whole contains nothing that is not for its advantage. By remembering that I am part of such a whole, I shall be content with everything that happens.