The thinker makes a great mistake when he asks after cause and effect. They both together make up the indivisible phenomenon.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

He only fears men who does not know them, and he who avoids them will soon misjudge them.

I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants.

Each traveler should know what he has to see, and what properly belongs to him, on a journey.

Over all the mountain tops is peace. In all treetops you perceive scarcely a breath. The little birds in the forest are silent. Wait then; soon, you too, will have peace.

A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.