You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.

What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee.

Do not expect Plato's ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no small achievement.

Dig inside. Inside is the fountain of good, and it will forever flow, if you will forever dig.

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

Most of what we say and do is unnecessary: remove the superfluity, and you will have more time and less bother. So in every case one should prompt oneself: 'Is this, or is it not, something necessary?' And the removal of the unnecessary should apply not only to actions but to thoughts also: then no redundant actions either will follow.

Never forget that the universe is a single living organism possessed of one substance and one soul, holding all things suspended in a single consciousness and creating all things with a single purpose that they might work together spinning and weaving and knotting whatever comes to pass.