All thinking begins with wondering

One ought not to return injustice, nor do evil to anybody in the world, no matter what one may have suffered from them.

Let us reflect in this way, too, that there is good hope that death is a blessing, for it is one of two things: either the dead are nothing and have no perception of anything, or it is, as we are told, a change and a relocation for the soul from here to another place.

It is better to make a mistake with full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit.

Our lives are but specks of dust falling through the fingers of time. Like sands of the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.

You too must be of good hope as regards death, gentlemen of the jury, and keep this one truth in mind, that a good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and that his affairs are not neglected by the gods. What has happened to me now has not happened of itself, but it is clear to me that it was better for me to die now and to escape from trouble. That is why my divine sign did not oppose me at any point. So I am certainly not angry with those who convicted me, or with my accusers. Of course that was not their purpose when they accused and convicted me, but they thought they were hurting me, and for this they deserve blame.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.