You must accept the fact that there is no help but self-help. I cannot tell you how to gain freedom since freedom exists within you.

Belts are only good for holding up your pants

If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.

It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked down, 'Why am I being knocked down?' If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for this person.

The timeless moment. - The "moment" has no yesterday or tomorrow. It is not the result of thought and therefore has no time.

To take responsibility for one's own actions, good and bad, is something else.

Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself.