To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.

The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

The commander of the forces of a large state may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.

The sage walks through fire and is not burned, scales the heights and does not tremble, enters the deep and does not drown.

He who rides on the wind of natural spontaneity reaches heights no wings could ever attain.

The Peng bird's wings spread ninety thousand li into the sky, carried by the massive wind beneath it. Great souls require vast skies.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

I caught the fire from the heavens and burned away every thought that had no wings.

Do not be afraid of the deep water; that is where the pearls are found.

Let your spirit shine with such brilliance that darkness forgets where it came from.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay.

The wound is the place where the light enters you.

What you seek is seeking you.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.