At the day of judgment we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done.

If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?

No man is safe above but he that will gladly be beneath.

A disciple once complained, "You tell us stories, but you never reveal their meaning to us." The master replied, "How would you like it if someone offered you fruit and then chewed it up for you before giving it to you?" If your heart is straight with God, then every creature will be to you a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine.

Wherever you go, you will always bear yourself about with you, and so you will always find yourself.

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

What thou art, that thou art.