The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.

A fool acquires knowledge only to his own disadvantage. It destroys what good he has, and turns his brains.

Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are wise words when spoken, but fruitless these words are when not carried out by the speaker.

It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind.

Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.

You are the source of all purity and impurity. No one purifies another.

I do not fight with the world but the world fights with me.