Many have taken their leave
How many who entered the world with me have already taken their leave!
How many who entered the world with me have already taken their leave!
You are not aggrieved, surely, because you weigh only so many pounds and not three hundred? Then why be aggrieved that you will live only a certain number...
One who has seen the present world has seen all that has ever been from time everlasting and all that ever will be into eternity; for all things are ever ...
How easy it is to repel and wipe away every disturbing or inappropriate thought, and recover at once a perfect calm.
you must train yourself only to think such thoughts that if somebody were suddenly to ask you, ‘What are you thinking of?’ you could reply in all honesty ...