Death and life, success and failure, pain and pleasure, wealth and poverty, all these happen to good and bad alike, and they are neither noble nor shameful - and hence neither good nor bad.

Know the joy of life by piling good deed on good deed until no rift or cranny appears between them.

Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a thing can go back to nothing.

The world is nothing but change, our life is only perception.

My city and state are Rome. But as a human being? The world. So for me, "good" can only mean what's good for both communities.

The stream of tendency in which all things seek to fulfill the law of their being.

Regain your senses, call yourself back, and once again wake up. Now that you realize that only dreams were troubling you, view this 'reality' as you view your dreams.