When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.

Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.

If one is guided by profit in one's actions, one will incur much ill will.

The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to me?

Not knowing life, how can we know death? Why talk of spirits when you do not understand men?

How abundantly do spiritual beings display the powers that belong to them! We look for them, but do not see them; we listen to, but do not hear them; yet they enter into all things, and there is nothing without them.

Don't be concerned that you have no position; be concerned how you may fit yourself to occupy one. .