I Was Not, I Was, I Am

He Who Understands The Limits Of Life Knows That It Is Easy To Obtain That Which Removes The Pain Of Want And Makes The Whole Of Life Complete And Perfect. Thus He Has No Longer Any Need Of Things Which Involve Struggle.

If You Wish To Make Pythocles Rich, Do Not Add To His Store Of Money, But Subtract From His Desires.

Death Does Not Concern Us, Because As Long As We Exist, Death Is Not Here. And When It Does Come, We No Longer Exist.

Earthquakes May Be Brought About Because Wind Is Caught Up In The Earth, So The Earth Is Dislocated In Small Masses And Is Continually Shaken, And That Causes It To Sway.

The Gods Can Either Take Away Evil From The World And Will Not, Or, Being Willing To Do So, Cannot; Or They Neither Can Nor Will, Or Lastly, They Are Both Able And Willing. If They Have The Will To Remove Evil And Cannot, Then They Are Not Omnipotent. If They Can, But Will Not, Than They Are Not Benevolent. If They Are Neither Able Nor Willing, Then They Are Neither Omnipotent Nor Benevolent. Lastly, If They Are Both Able And Willing To Annihilate Evil, How Does It Exist?