The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.

A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.

If there is existence, there must be non-existence. And if there was a time when nothing existed, there must have been a time before that - when even nothing did not exist. Suddenly, when nothing came into existence, could one really say whether it belonged to the category of existence or non-existence?

Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.

To have a human form is a joyful thing.

The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.

Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.