The bigger a man's head, the worse his headache.

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

Do not feel certain of anything.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

The only way to live, is knowing you’re going to die. If you're afraid to die, you'll never be able to live.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not everyone's greed.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Man lives in a world of surmise, of mystery, of uncertainties.

At the end of the day, we can endure more than we think we can.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take for better, for worse, as his portion; that, though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.