Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

Dismiss whatever insults your own soul.

Take forgiveness slowly. Don't blame yourself for being slow. Peace will come.

The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

Open to whatever you experience without fighting. Let it be present just as it is. Let go of the battle.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.