In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup.

We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

Ideas are the beginning of all achievement.

You have to create your own luck. You have to be aware of the opportunities around you and take advantage of them.

I wish neither to possess nor to be possessed. I no longer covet 'paradise'. More important, I no longer fear 'hell'. The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning but I did not take it. My ailment came from within myself, but I did not observe it, until this moment. Now I see that I will never find the light unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, consuming myself.

To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.