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.

In our interactions with others, gentleness, kindness, respectare the source of harmony

The fragrance of sandalwood and rosebay does not travel far. But the fragrance of virtue rises to the heavens.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming the jungle. It is better to be alone than to be with those who will hinder your progress.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real. Discover that there are virtuous things and there are non-virtuous things. Once you have discovered for yourself give up the bad and embrace the good.