Unkind people spread malicious tales, and well-intentioned people also censure; but in either case the tranquil sage remains unconcerned. Nowhere is there to be found a disconcerted sage.

The world is on fire! And you are laughing? You are deep in the dark. Will you not ask for a light?

But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go on your way alone, like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, or like a great elephant in the deep forest.

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

It is better to travel well then arrive.

Nothing is forever except change.

Each day of my life I am sowing seeds that one day I will harvest.