If a man’s house is full of medicine bottles, we infer the man is an invalid. But if his house is full of books, we conclude he is intelligent.

Innumerable actions are going on through us all the time. If we started counting them, we should never come to an end.

The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted.

If a man’s house is full of medicine bottles, we infer the man is an invalid. But if his house is full of books, we conclude he is intelligent.

If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world.

When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it.

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.