Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.

One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.

Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.

No wealth like education and no poverty like ignorance

Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.

He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.

People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.