Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.