I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.

Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.

The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.

The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they fall.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.

He who fears from near at hand often fears less.