"All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion."
"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart."
"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts."
"If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance."
"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 first."
"Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one."