When you want to hear a philosopher, do not say, 'You say nothing to me'; only show yourself worthy or fit to hear, and then you will see how you will move the speaker.

When your thoughts, words, and deeds form a seamless fabric, you streamline your efforts and thus eliminate worry and dread.

These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of himself or his own merits.

It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun to be instructed, to lay the blame on himself; and of one whose instruction is completed, neither to blame another, nor himself.

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

It is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless.