Purge your mind of all aimless and idle thoughts, especially those that pry into the affairs of others or wish them ill.

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.

All is ephemeral - fame and the famous as well.

No one can lose either the past or the future - how could anyone be deprived of what he does not possess? ... It is only the present moment of which either stands to be deprived: and if this is all he has, he cannot lose what he does not have.

I'm going to be meeting with people today who talk too much - people who are selfish, egotistical, ungrateful. But I won't be surprised or disturbed, for I can't imagine a world without such people.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.