Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.
If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.
A man is literally what he thinks.
It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
The wound is the place where the Light enters you.
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.