"Of late, with his new habit of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before." Metamorphosis and Other Stories

But when returning into herself she [the soul] reflects; then she passes into the realm of purity, and eternity, and immortality, and unchangeableness, which are her kindred, and with them she ever lives, when she is by herself and is not let or hindered; then she ceases from her erring ways, and being in communion with the unchanging is unchanging. And this state of the soul is called wisdom. The Trials Of Socrates

He only is anxious about the future, to whom the present is unprofitable. Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales

A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic. They make frantic efforts to bar our thoughts and words; they are afraid of the workings of the human mind. Never Give In!