Put an end once and for all to this discussion of what a good person should be, and be one.

Wilt thou, then, my soul, never be good and simple and one and naked, more manifest than the body which surrounds thee?

If anyone can refute me-show me I'm making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective-I'l l gladly change. It's the truth I'm after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.

Glory arrives too late when it comes only to one's ashes

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

Don't let your imagination be crushed by life as a whole.