That which goeth up must needs come down; and that which is down must needs go up. But Brahma has ordained that the that that goeth up is seldom the same as the that that hath gone down.

It is our minds that create this world.

There are two things that we should avoid, oh disciple! A life of pleasures, that is low and vain. A life of mortification, that is useless and vain.

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.

Do not be the judge of people; do not make assumptions about others. A person is destroyed by holding judgments about others.

To have everything is to possess nothing.

One moment, ten thousand years. Ten thousand years, one moment.