“Stop thinking, and end your problems.”

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.

Act without expectation.

The best fighter is never angry.

The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.

Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.

Silence is a source of Great Strength.

Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.

When there is no desire, all things are at peace.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.

Drugs might take you high for sometime but inevitably it throws you down in to the depths of depression.

Loneliness and darkness have just robbed me of my valuables.

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.

Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.

I suffer from deep depression, so my only release is music.

Mental health needs to be a priority.

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

I didn’t want my picture taken because I was going to cry. I didn’t know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or looked at me too closely the tears would fly out of my eyes and the sobs would fly out of my throat and I’d cry for a week.