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

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

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

Seek for the truth from the heart which is empty of thought.

To quit this troubled world is better than to enter it: the rosebud enters the garden with straitened heart and departs smiling.

In this market every head has a different fancy: everyone winds his turban in a different fashion.

To the seeker after pearls, silence is a speaking argument, for no breath comes forth from the diver of the sea.