No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly. When we know this, we become free.

There are having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there is nothing worrying over you, it will be the best seasons at all times.

One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.

It is the fool who is haunted by fears, dread of dangers, oppression of mind, not the wise man.

The less you have, the less you have to worry about.

I will purify my bodily actions through repeated reflection. I will purify my verbal actions through repeated reflection. I will purify my mental actions through repeated reflection. That's how you should train yourself.

Being able to make friends and keep them, welcoming others and sharing with them, a guide, philosopher and friend. One like this will be praised.