Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.

If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it.

Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.

When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your defining characteristic-what defines a human being-is to work with others.

Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.

"Sweep me up and send me where you please." For there I will retain my spirit, tranquil and content, as long as it can feel and act in harmony with its own nature. Is a change of place enough reason for my soul to become unhappy and worn, for me to become depressed, humbled, cowering, and afraid? Can you discover any reasons for this?

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.