A goal is not always meant to be reached. It often serves simply as something to aim at.

What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become.

Whatever your problems happen to be in the future, remember well that they cannot remain stationary but must move together with your living spirit. Otherwise, you will drift into artificiality or attempt to solidify the ever-flowing. To avoid that, you must change and be flexible. Remember, the usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness.

What’s amiss I’ll stop to mend, and endure what can’t be mended.

When there is a particle of dust in your eye, the world becomes a narrow path – have your mind completely free from objects – and how much this life expands.

When my tutor assisted me in choosing my courses, he advised me to take up philosophy because of my inquisitiveness. He said, “philosophy will tell you what man lives for”.