“The wise man wears wool (rather than silk) and keeps his gems out of sight.”

“Consider a difficulty before it arises, and administer affairs before they become disorganized”

Be grateful despite your suffering.

The one who knows does not speak. The one who speaks does not know. The wise man shuts his mouth and closes his gates. He softens his sharpness, unravels his tangles, dims his brilliancy, and reckons himself with the mysterious.

Stop honoring externals, quit turning yourself into the tool of mere matter.

Suffering ceases for a pure soul.

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Whatever we do has consequences that stretch far into the years to come.

If I cherish my body, I make a slave of myself, if I cherish my property, I make a slave of myself; because I’ve disclosed the means to make me captive.

He has his wish, whose wish can be To have what is Enough.

For people cease to possess everything as soon as they want everything for themselves.

What is there that fortune does not when she pleases fell at the height of its powers?

Working on yourself like clay should be one of your greatest and most pleasurable life tasks.

Ignore wealth, as it is the wage of slavery.

Accept success without arrogance.
Let failure go with indifference.

The poor lack much, the greedy everything.

One can do nothing better than endure what cannot be cured.

For life itself is slavery if the courage to die be absent.

The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.

“Under the comb, the tangle and the straight path are the same.” -Heraclitus