On the Shortness of Life

But people who live without chasing after meaningless work find that life gives them plenty of time. They don't hand pieces of their life over to others or scatter it everywhere. They don't leave their time to chance, lose it through carelessness, waste it on showing off, or throw it away on pointless things. All of their time is invested wisely. So even a small amount of life becomes more than enough. When death comes, the wise person won't cling to life in fear. He'll walk calmly forward to meet it.