Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

It were well to die if there be gods, and sad to live if there be none.

Leave other people's mistakes where they lie.

Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe. .. We should not say 'I am an Athenian' or 'I am a Roman' but 'I am a citizen of the Universe.

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.

In this flowing stream, then, on which there is no abiding, what is there of the things which hurry by on which a man would set a high price? It would be just as if a man should fall in love with one of the sparrows which fly by, but it has already passed out of sight.

Nothing is worth doing pointlessly.