We are all capable of much more than we think we are.

Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.

If you close your mind in judgements and traffic with desires, your heart will be troubled. If you keep your mind from judging and aren't led by the senses, your heart will find peace.

The small is easy to scatter.

Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could be so with all people!

Appetite for food and sex is nature.

The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident.