Stop talking about what the good man is like, and just be one.

As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So does the one Self take the shape Of every creature in whom he is present.

Are you distracted by outward cares? Then allow yourself a space of quiet wherein you can add to your knowledge of the Good and learn to curb your restlessness. Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Avail yourself often, then, of this retirement, and so continually renew yourself.

What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.

Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.

Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.

There is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune.