Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

My words have an origin. My deeds have a sovereign. Truly, because people do not understand this, they do not understand me.

The brittle is easy to shatter.

All things of the world are born of being; being is born of nonbeing.

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.

Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.