“Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.”

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it properly. What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.

Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.

The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.

Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.

Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.

It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.

The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.

It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

All things fade and quickly turn to myth.

Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.