Do Not Expect Plato's Ideal Republic; Be

How Soon Will Time Cover All Things.

Begin - To Begin Is Half The Work, Let Half Still Remain; Again Begin This, And Thou Wilt Have Finished.

External Things Are Not The Problem. It's Your Assessment Of Them. Which You Can Erase Right Now.

From Apollonius I Learned Freedom Of Will And Undeviating Steadiness Of Purpose; And To Look To Nothing Else, Not Even For A Moment, Except To Reason; And To Be Always The Same, In Sharp Pains, On The Occasion Of The Loss Of A Child, And In Long Illness.

Let No Act Be Done Without Purpose.