Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to and fro.

Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible; life in a palace is possible; therefore even in a palace a right life is possible.

It will suffice thee to remember as concerning pain ... that the mind may, by stopping all manner of commerce and sympathy with the body, still retain its own tranquility.

Run down the list of those who felt intense anger at something: the most famous, the most unfortunate, the most hated, the most whatever: Where is all that now? Smoke, dust, legend...or not even a legend. Think of all the examples. And how trivial the things we want so passionately are.

The intelligence of the universe is social.

Dig within. There lies the wellspring of good.

A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.