Consider frequently the connection of all things in the universe and their relation to one another. For things are somehow implicated with one another, and all in a way friendly to one another.
This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole...
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.
There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.
Remind oneself continually of those who practiced virtue in days gone by.
Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.
Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding.
In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present – I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?
Whoever does wrong, wrongs himself; whoever does injustice, does it to himself, making himself evil.
Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.
Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.
Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?
What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.
Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.