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“For how little have we lost, when the two finest things of all will accompany us wherever we go, universal nature and our individual virtue. Believe me, this was the intention of whoever formed the universe, whether all-powerful god, or incorporeal reason creating mighty works, or divine spirit penetrating all things from greatest to smallest with even pressure, or fate and the unchanging sequence of causation - this, I say, was the intention, that only the most worthless of our possessions should come into the power of another. Whatever is best for a human being lies outside human control: it can be neither given nor taken away.”

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On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It

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“میرا اب بھی یہی ایمان ہے کہ انسان کائنات کی سب سے بڑی طاقت ہے۔ وہ ستاروں پر کمند ڈال سکتا ہے پہاڑوں کے دل چیر دیتا ہے۔ آسمان و زمین کی ہر قوت کو مسخر کر لیتاہے لیکن جذبہ آفرینش کی رو کو اپنی مرضی سے نہیں بہا سکتااور فطرت کے تخلیقی منصوبوں میں دخل نہیں دے سکتا۔ توشے بلے کی مجھے ضرورت تھی مادر فطرت کو نہ تھی۔”