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Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

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Our life is what our thoughts make it.

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When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive-- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love

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Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

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Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.

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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 a...more

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That which has died falls not out of the universe. If it stays here, it also changes here, and is dissolved into its proper parts, which are elements ...more

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We must make haste then, not only because we are daily nearer to death, but also because the conception of things and the understanding of them cease ...more

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How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.

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Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.

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Whatever this is that I am, it is a little flesh and breath, and the ruling part. Throw away thy books; no longer distract thyself: it is not allowed;...more

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striid andWthdraw into yourself. Our master-reason asks no more than to act justly, and thereby to achieve calm.

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When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...

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There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight.