“He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.”

The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.

In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.

If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.

The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.

Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.

Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.

The key to the understanding and to the full comprehension of all that the Prophets have said is found in the knowledge of the figures, their general ideas, and the meaning of each word they contain.

There is no difference between the worry of a human mother and an animal mother for their offspring. A mother’s love does not derive from the intellect but from the emotions, in animals just as in humans.

Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.

Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.

Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.

I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.

It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.

The great sickness and the grievous evil consist in this: that all the things that man finds written in books, he presumes to think of as true-and all the more so if the books are old.

It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.

Our Experience Is Determined By Our Conscious Response, Not By Instincts.

I try so hard to cloak my impurity so that I can hide my shadows from everyone around me. I’ll summon this will, and instead, command it to keep myself alive.

If your humanity is dead, you need a lot of morality. If your humanity is alive and overflowing, you will naturally do the best for yourself and everyone around you.

Whatever you have to do right now, do it with absolute involvement. Only then will you know the sweetness of what it means to be conscious.

My original appearance now is impure and that is why I try so hard to hide it from everyone harder than I work on keeping myself alive.

Four wheels for Comfort. Two wheels for Love of Life. Stay alert and stay alive. Motorcycles are mean and magical at once.

As long as humanity lives inside me. I am alive.

I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you’re alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.”