Delusions, errors and lies are like huge, gaudy vessels, the rafters of which are rotten and worm-eaten, and those who embark in them are fated to be shipwrecked.

If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.

Everything changes, nothing remains without change.

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.

Times of luxury do not last long, but pass away very quickly nothing in this world can be long enjoyed.

We are shaped by our thoughts. We become what we think.

Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes he who loves no one has no woes.

Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.