"If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed."
"Observe the movements of the stars as if you were running their courses with them, and let your mind constantly dwell on the changes of the elements into each other. Such imaginings wash away the filth of life on the ground."
"Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence."
"Our life is what our thoughts make it."
"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 best revenge is not to be like your enemy."