We have seen from experience that, if we are in the habit of walking regularly on the same road, we are able to think about other things while walking, without paying attention to our steps.

If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the body's sufferings. We shall become free.

It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.

When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes.

We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off.

Do not allow yourself to imagine that revolutionary thinking can be propagated by governmental power.

We cannot fight new wars with old weapons.