Consider when thou art much vexed or grieved, that man's life is only a moment, and after a short time we are all laid out dead.

A man is a little soul carrying around a courpse.

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.

Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception

Stop whatever you're doing for a moment and ask yourself: Am I afraid of death because I won't be able to do this anymore?

It is possible to depart from life at this moment. Have this thought in mind whenever you act, speak, or think.

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.