Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.

“In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.”

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone.

When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What’s the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.

The fool who knows he is a fool is that much wiser.

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.

There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.

Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.

Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.

Wisdom tells us we are not worthy; love tells us we are. My life flows between the two.

Friendship of the wise is good; a wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.

Love is the water of life, jump into this water.

The universe and the light of the stars come through me.

With life as short as a half-taken breath, don’t plant anything but love.

There is a life in you, search that life, search the secret jewel in the mountain of your body.

Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.