Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.

The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.

Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.

To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear.

I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake on Earth as a drop of oil on my foot.

Pain is the outcome of sin.

At the bottom of things, most people want to be understood and appreciated.