What creates happiness, peace, and balance is not becoming simply powerful, but knowledgeable.

If you act impetuously, it will be uncertain, and you'll know it. It just won't feel right. It is better to wait.

One evening you may learn about enlightenment, koans, meditation and personal power.

There's no point in getting frustrated at yourself. Just be truthful.

The toxic residue of humanity - you have to guard yourself, guard that sensitivity even more heavily because otherwise you can pick up so many pollutants that you'll become more toxic.

Learn to control your emotions. Be able to glide through them. By practicing concentration exercises and meditation, you will find that when strong emotions strike, you will gain the ability to not be swayed by them.

One should never become devoted to a teacher, any more than one should become devoted to a statue of a god. There is only one thing to be devoted to, and that is your mind.