The stone that is thrown into the air is none the worse for falling down, and none the better for going up.

The substance of the universe is obedient and compliant; and the reason which governs it has in itself no cause for doing evil, for it has no malice, nor does it do evil to anything, nor is anything harmed by it. But all things are made and perfected according to this reason.

But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in your power whenever you choose to retire into yourself.

You don't have to turn this into something. It doesn't have to upset you. Things can't shape our decisions by themselves.

The whole contains nothing that is not for its advantage. By remembering that I am part of such a whole, I shall be content with everything that happens.

Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining pure, wise, sober, just?

The act of dying is one of the acts of life.