Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

A man makes no noise over a good deed, but passes on to another as a vine to bear grapes again in season.

A man's true delight is to do the things he was made for.

If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance.

In reading and writing, you cannot lay down rules until you have learnt to obey them. Much more so in life.

Keep in mind how fast things pass by and are gone - those that are now, and those to come. Existence flows past us like a river; the "what" is in constant flux, the "why" has a thousand variations. Nothing is stable, not even what's right here. The infinity of past and future gapes before us - a chasm whose depths we cannot see.

We are born for synergy, just like the feet, just like the hands, just like the eyes, just like the rows of upper and lower teeth. Working against each other is unnatural, and being annoyed and turning one's back is counterproductive.