The object of the superior man is truth.
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.
Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.
For we walk by faith, not by sight
It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.