Overcoming yourself is better than overcoming a million enemies in battle.

I am always at the beginning.

This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky, Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.

Why do what you will regret? Why bring tears upon yourself? Do only what you do not regret, And fill yourself with joy.

The hunger of passions is the greatest disease.

A person creates what they defend against.

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.