The gardener plants the seed in darkness, waters it in silence, and in time a great tree bears shade for travelers.

A blind man leading the blind will both plunge into the ditch; seek the guidance of one who has opened his inner eye.

The farmer protects the young seedling with a fence until it grows into a mighty banyan tree; guard your early spiritual habits.

A single candle can light a thousand other candles without losing its flame; share your wisdom generously.

The melody of the Beloved is playing in every atom of creation; tune your listening heart and hear the cosmic song.

Even dust, when piled through patience, becomes a towering mountain.

Do your human best, then entrust the outcome to heaven.

Even the mightiest oak tree began as an acorn hidden in the darkness of the earth.

A journey of a thousand miles begins beneath your very feet.

Do not fear growing slowly; fear only standing still.

You have a sovereign right over your labor, but never over the fruits thereof.

Just as a chariot cannot roll upon a single wheel, human destiny cannot advance without effort joined to destiny.

Duty performed with absolute detachment leaves behind no residue of sorrow or regret.

A single tree that falls in the forest makes a deafening crash, but a thousand trees growing in silence make no sound at all.

Even the finest cooking pot will never produce a feast without fire beneath it.

A single swallow does not make a spring, nor does one sunny day make a season of flowers.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an isolated act, but a steady habit.

Drop by drop, the great earthen jar is filled to overflowing.

The roots of education and self-discipline are bitter, but the fruit is sweet and eternal.

You cannot plow a field simply by turning it over in your mind.

The seed that is buried in the dark earth is not dead; it is simply preparing to dance in the sunlight.

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.