Riches are intended for the comfort of life, and not life for the purpose of hoarding riches.
If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure.
When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends; but when you see them of one mind, string your bow, and place stones upon the ramparts.
When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.