Pass then through this little space of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey in content, just as an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature who produced it, and thanking the tree on which it grew.

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.

At day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that "I am rising for the work of man."

Objective judgement, now, at this very moment. Unselfish action, now, at this very moment. Willing acceptance - now, at this very moment - of all external events. That's all you need.

An angry look on the face is wholly against nature. If it be assumed frequently, beauty begins to perish, and in the end is quenched beyond rekindling.

Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.

There is change in all things. You yourself are subject to continual change and some decay, and this is common to the entire universe.