Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life, - there, if one must speak out, the real man.

Man is born for deeds of kindness.

Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding.

He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time without end; for all things are of one kin and of one form.

Does a man shrink from change? Why, what can come into being save by change?

Dig inside. Inside is the fountain of good, and it will forever flow, if you will forever dig.

The mind in itself wants nothing, unless it creates a want for itself; therefore it is both free from perturbation and unimpeded, if it does not perturb and impede itself.