... people don't know what they are striving for. They waste themselves in senseless thrashing around for the sake of a handful of goods and die without realizing their spiritual wealth.
We never know beforehand how new posts or new work will change us.
When things are too clear, they are no longer interesting.
The less you speak, the more you will hear.
... once you get up steam, you are carried helplessly along.
If decade after decade the truth cannot be told, each person's mind begins to roam irretrievably. One's fellow countrymen become harder to understand than Martians.