A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.

Happiness follows sorrow, sorrow follows happiness, but when one no longer discriminates happiness and sorrow, a good deal and a bad deed, one is able to realize freedom.

Your actions are your only true belongings.

How will you become free? With a quiet mind Come into that empty house, your heart, And feel the joy of the way Beyond the world. Look within - The rising and the falling.

His success may be great, but be it ever so great the wheel of fortune may turn again and bring him down into the dust.

Those who awaken never rest in one place. Like swans, they rise and leave the lake. On the air they rise and fly an invisible course. Their food is knowledge. They live on emptiness. They have seen how to break free. Who can follow them?

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.