Everything is extraordinarily clear. I see the whole landscape before me, I see my hands, my feet, my toes, and I smell the rich river mud. I feel a sense of tremendous strangeness and wonder at being alive. Wonder of wonders.

Want what you have and you will always get what you want.

Persevere in thy quest and thou shalt find what thou seekest. Pursue thy aim unswervingly and thou shalt gain victory. Struggle earnestly and thou shalt triumph.

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

Those who speak much are blamed, those who speak little are blamed. In this world there are none who are not blamed. Try not to blame.

There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.

For soon the body is discarded, Then what does it feel? A useless log of wood, it lies on the ground, Then what does it know? Your worst enemy cannot harm you As much as your own thoughts, unguarded. But once mastered, No one can help you as much, Not even your father or your mother.