Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone.

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt.

The seeker is that which is being sought.

Be quick to do good. If you are slow, The mind, delighting in mischief, Will catch you. Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn away. Before sorrow befalls you. Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, And you will be filled with joy. A fool is happy Until his mischief turns against him. And a good man may suffer Until his goodness flowers. Do not make light of your failings, Saying, 'What are they to me?' A jug fills drop by drop.

Do not speak - unless it improves on silence.

There are friendships to one who lives in society; thus our present grief arises from having friendships; observing the evils resulting from friendship, let one walk alone like a rhinoceros.

We are the same as plants, as trees, as other people, as the rain that falls. We consist of that which is around us, we are the same as everything.