A person writing at night may put out the lamp, but the words he has written will remain. It is the same with the destiny we create for ourselves in this world.

Health, contentment, and trust are your greatest possessions. And freedom your greatest joy.

The one who wanders independent in the world, free from opinions and viewpoints, does not grasp them and enter into disputations and arguments. As the lotus rises on its stalk unsoiled by the mud and the water, so the wise one speaks of peace and is unstained by the opinions of the world.

If a man should conquer in battle a thousand and a thousand more, and another should conquer himself, his would be the greater victory, because the greatest of victories is the victory over oneself.

Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.

Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.

The end of desire is the end of sorrow.