The only thing that isn't worthless: to live this life out truthfully and rightly. And be patient with those who don't. Book VI
"Some of the time he passed in a light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague hopes..." Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Thus, Fertile Crescent and eastern Mediterranean societies had the misfortune to arise in an ecologically fragile environment. They committed ecological suicide by destroying their own resource base. Guns, Germs And Steel
For nothing matters except life; and, of course, order. The Common Reader
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