"The soul of man is a portion of the divine breath, and therefore it is immortal. And if it is immortal, it is not afraid of death."

"The present is the only thing of which a man can be deprived, if it is true that this is all he has and that he cannot lose what he does not possess."

"Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly."

"Soon you'll be ashes or a skeleton. A name at most, or not even a name. But name is sound and echo. The things we want in life are empty, foul, or trivial. Like dogs snapping at each other, or childre…"

"The faculty of reason is the only one which can contemplate itself, and by itself distinguish truth from falsehood, and the real from the unreal."