Nothing costs so much as what is bought by prayers.

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.

Life's neither a good nor an evil: it's a field for good and evil.

The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.

It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.

Democracy is more cruel than wars or tyrants.

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.