And in the case of superior things like stars, we discover a kind of unity in separation. The higher we rise on the scale of being, the easier it is to discern a connection even among things separated by vast distances.

This is the chief thing: be not perturbed, for all things are according to the nature of the universal.

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

Thou sufferest justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day.

It doesn't hurt me unless I interpret its happening as harmful to me. I can choose not to.

The healthy eye ought to see all visible things and not to say, I wish for green things; for this is the condition of a diseased eye.

Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.