I Was Once A Fortunate Man But

The Stone That Is Thrown Into The Air Is None The Worse For Falling Down, And None The Better For Going Up.

Frightened Of Change? But What Can Exist Without It? What's Closer To Nature's Heart? Can You Take A Hot Bath And Leave The Firewood As It Was? Eat Food Without Transforming It? Can Any Vital Process Take Place Without Something Being Changed? Can't You See? It's Just The Same With You - And Just As Vital To Nature.

Do You See What Little Is Required Of A Man To Live A Well-tempered And God-fearing Life? Obey These Precepts, And The Gods Will Ask Nothing More.

Take Away The Complaint, 'i Have Been Harmed,' And The Harm Is Taken Away.

Tranquility Is Nothing Else Than The Good Ordering Of The Mind.