There are few people who will make mistakes with fire after having once been burned.

Go ahead and gamble a lie. A person who will not tell you seven lies within a hundred yards is useless as a man.

Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness. Existing where there is nothing is the meaning of the phrase, "Form is emptiness." That all things are provided for by nothingness is the meaning of the phrase, "Emptiness is form." One should not think that these are two seperate things.

Calculating people are contemptable. The reason for this is that calculation deals with loss and gain, and the loss and gain mind never stops. Death is considered loss and life is considered gain. Thus, death is something that such a person does not care for, and he is contemptable. Furthermore, scholars and their like are men who with wit and speech hide their own true cowardice and greed. People often misjudge this.

Even if one's head were to be suddenly cut off, he should be able to do one more action with certainty.

When something out of the ordinary happens, it is ridiculous to say that it is a mystery or a portent of something to come... the mystery is created in (their) minds, and by waiting for disaster, it is from their very minds that it occurs.

It is better to have some unhappiness while one is still young, for if a person does not experience some bitterness, his disposition will not settle down.