Much bending breaks the bow; much unbending the mind.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Is Wisdom derived from the accumulation of one's experiences, or rather one's thoughtful reflection upon what he has learned throughout the process?

If I have a cause, it's the cause of the teacher.

Atheism: It seeks to replace in itself the moral power of religion, in order to appease the spiritual thirst of parched humanity and save it; not by Christ, but by force.

My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love.

The post of honour is a private station.

What's green, hangs on a wall and whistles? [A Herring]

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

He remembers the five rules of combat set down by Chuan Tzu - faith, companions, time, space and strategy.

The real story is not the plot, but how the characters unfold by it.

As everything in this world is but a sham, Death is the only sincerity.