The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.

It is best to erase all personal history because that would make us free from the encumbering thoughts of other people

Only a warrior can survive the path of knowledge because the art of the warrior is to balance the pain of being a man with the wonder of being a man.

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.

... when confronted with unusual life situations... A warrior acts as if nothing had ever happened, because he doesn't believe in anything, yet he accepts everything at its face value.

Self-importance requires spending most of one's life offended by something or someone.

Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn't, it is of no use.