“Without Contraries is no Progression.”

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

The naked woman’s body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.

Expect poison from the standing water.

If a thing loves, it is infinite.

Dip him in the river who loves water.

The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man.

Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair.

The most sublime act is to set another before you.

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.

Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.

Every harlot was a virgin once

When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree

All things come into being by conflict of opposites.

Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.

The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.

Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.

Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.

Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.

Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.

Life is not a problem. To look at it as a problem is to take a wrong step. It is a mystery to be lived, loved, experienced.