Attention is like a narrow mouthed vessel; pour into it what you have to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

Imitate time; it destroys everything slowly; it undermines, it wears away, it detaches, it does not wrench.

Religion is neither a theology nor a theosophy; it is more than that, it is a discipline, a law, a yoke, an indissoluble engagement.

The essence of life consists in thinking, and being conscious of one's soul.

Education should be gentle and stern, not cold and lax.

Of what delights are we deprived by our excesses!