“Against other things it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death we human beings all live in an unwalled city.”

Chapters:

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“Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist”

Chapters: 39. Oneness

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“Don’t spoil what you have by desiring what you don’t. Remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

Chapters: 9. Know When to Stop

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“Everything natural is easily procured, and only the useless is costly.”

Chapters: 3. Weak Wishes, Strong Bones

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“He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing.”

Chapters: 75. Greed

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“I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.”

Chapters: 41. Distilled Life

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“If suffering is slight, disregard it; if great, it won’t last long.”

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“Live unobtrusively.”

Chapters: 70. Inscrutable

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“The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.”

Chapters: 52. Cultivating the Changeless

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“The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears.”

Chapters: 15. Inscrutability

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“The gods are not to be feared; death cannot be felt; the good can be won; all that we dread can be conquered.”

Chapters: 15. Inscrutability

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“There is nothing terrible in life for the man who has truly comprehended that there is nothing terrible in not living.”

Chapters: 50. Claws and Swords

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“Vain is the word of a philosopher which does not heal any human suffering. Just as there is no profit in medicine if it does not cure a disease of the body, to there is no profit in philosophy if it does not cure suffering of the mind.”

Chapters: 67. Three Treasures

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“We cannot enjoy full happiness, untroubled by suffering unless we realize the nature of things.”

Chapters: 3. Weak Wishes, Strong Bones

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“We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.”

Chapters: 35. The Power of Goodness

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“When happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.”

Chapters: 72. Helpful Fear

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