When someone is giving you his opinion, you should receive it with deep gratitude even though it is worthless. If you don't, he will not tell you the things that he has seen and heard about you again.

The deepest love is often hidden.

Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.

When confronted with two alternatives, life and death, one is to choose death without hesitation.

By being impatient, matters are damaged and great works cannot be done

It is said that one should not hesitate to correct himself when he has made a mistake. If he corrects himself without the least bit of delay, his mistakes will disappear.

When one is writing a letter, he should think that the recipient will make it into a hanging scroll.