Homer, The Iliad
Like the generations of leaves, the lives of mortal men. Now the wind scatters the old leaves across the earth, now the living timber bursts with the new buds and spring comes round again. And so with men; as one generation comes to life, another dies away.
Epictetus (55-135 A.D.)
Remember that foul words or blows in themselves are no outrage, but your judgement that they are so. So when any one makes you angry, know that it is your own thought that has angered you. Wherefore make it your first endeavour not to let your impressions carry you away. For if once you gain time and delay, you will find it easier to control yourself.
Epictetus (55-135 A.D.)
Remember that you are an actor in a play, and the Playwright chooses the manner of it. If he wants it short, it is short; if long, it is long. If he wants you to act a poor man you must act the part with all your powers; and so if your part be a cripple or a magistrate or a plain man. For your business is to act the character that is given you and act it well; the choice of the cast is Another's.
Epictetus (55-135 A.D.)
Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to the will, unless the will consent. Lameness is a hindrance to the leg, but not to the will. Say this to yourself at each event that happens, for you shall find that though it hinders something else it will not hinder you.
Stan Lee - Marvel
- Beyonder
Beyond time, space, and the myriad dimensions, lies another universe, to which our own is as a droplet of water in the ocean. In that other universe, the One who is all, has learned of our universe, and has come here, to walk among us, that he might come to understand the essence of humanity. The fragile Earth trembles beneath his feet, dreading his godlike omnipotence.
