"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."
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
"Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?"
"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."
"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."
"You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say."