"Friend, do not go along with false principles."
Friendship
"You are a little piece of soul carrying around a corpse."
Philosophy
"To understand the world, one must understand the universe."
Science
"All of us live within the same roof - the world."
Nature
"Be like a rock against which the waves continually crash, but which stands firm and stills the violence of the water around it."
Strength
"The shortness of life demands that we invest ourselves in lasting things."
Life
"Possess the virtues and the virtues will possess thee."
"When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your purpose is to do good for people."
Motivation
"The eternal are all things which have harmony and proportion."
Beauty
"Our time is limited, so do not waste it living someone else's life."
Freedom
"In the beginning of spring, the chi of heaven and earth becomes active again."
Nature
"You will find that even those who fight against the truth are useful in understanding it."
Wisdom
"The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing."
Life
"No man can lose either the past or the future - for what a man has not, how can anyone take this from him?"
Philosophy
"The universe is transformation, our life is what our thoughts make it."
Philosophy
"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."
Hope
"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."
Patience
"He who fears not death fears nothing."
Courage
"No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig."
Time
"Do what is necessary, and whatever reason does require, and whenever it requires it."
Wisdom
"Everything that happens is as simple and familiar as the rose in spring and the crop in summer."
Nature
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."
Life
"At this moment you are not a private individual, but a full citizen."
Leadership
"If you cannot do what you believe in, believe in what you do."
Faith
"The only stable state is the one strictly dominated by wisdom."
Wisdom
"Love of bustle is not industriousness."
Work
"When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail."
Motivation
"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one."
Art
"Great beauty and terrible suffering are not themselves virtues."
"Do not expect Plato's Republic; be satisfied with even a small step forward."
