The wave is ignorant of the true nature of the sea: how can the temporal comprehend the eternal?

The weeping of the candle is not in mourning for the moth: the dawn is at hand, and it is thinking of its own dark night.

The wave is ignorant of the true nature of the sea: how can the temporal comprehend the eternal?

Ten doors are opened if one door be shut: the finger is the interpreter of the dumb man's tongue.

Formerly, people used to grieve over the departed, but in our days they grieve over the survivors.

Peace is in proportion to every pause: observe the difference between to run, to walk, to stand, to sit, to lie, to die.

The roots of the aged palm tree exceed those of the young one; the old have a greater attachment to the world.