A person is ruined by taking the measure of other persons.
All descriptions of reality are temporary hypotheses.
Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village.
I am, I am not, I will be, I will not be are vein thoughts which is a sickness and once all are eliminated no desire arises.
Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.
One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.