“Those whom spring's storms torture yearn for the warmth of summer Without even fearing the ideaThat a hundred days of their lives will then have passed forever.”

“You can conquer thousands of men in thousands of battles, but the greatest victory is to conquer yourself”

“Sabed que todas las cosas son como esto: un espejismo, un castillo de nubes, un sueño, una aparición, sin esencia, pero con cualidades que pueden verse.Sabed que todas las cosas son como esto: como la luna en un cielo brillante en algún lago transparente reflejada, aunque a ese lago la luna nunca se ha desplazado.Sabed que todas las cosas son como esto: como un eco que deriva de música, sonidos y llanto, y sin embargo en ese eco no hay melodía.Sabed que todas las cosas son como esto: como un mago que crea ilusiones de caballos, bueyes, carros y otras cosas, nada es lo aparenta ser.”

“If one comes across a person who has been shot by an arrow one does not spend time wondering about where the arrow came from, or the caste of the individual who shot it, or analysing what type of wood the shaft is made of, or the manner in which the arrowhead was fashioned. Rather one should focus on immediately pulling out the arrow.”

“Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.”

“Let us live happily, without hate amongst those who hate. Let us dwell unhating amidst hateful men.Let us live happily, in good health amongst those who are sick.Let us dwell in good health amidst ailing men.Let us live happily, without yearning for sensual pleasures amongst those who yearn for them.Let us dwell without yearning amidst those who yearn.Let us live happily, we who have no impediments. We shall subsist on joy even as the radiant gods.”

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”