#clarity

Confine yourself to the present.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

If you wish your children, and your wife, and your friends to live for ever, you are stupid; for you wish to be in control of things which you cannot.

Practice not to be hurried away by the appearance; make delay, and you will more easily become master of yourself.

Truth conquers by itself; opinion by foreign aids.

Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?

Whose choices are unhampered, whose desires attain their end, whose aversions do not fall into what they would avoid.

Free from desire, you realize the mystery. Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.

Can you cleanse your inner vision until you see nothing but the light?

Who can wait quietly while the mud settles? Who can remain still until the right action arises by itself?

If you don't realize the source, you stumble in confusion and sorrow. When you realize where you come from, you naturally become tolerant.

What is the difference between yes and no? What is the difference between good and evil? Must I fear what others fear? What nonsense!

Formula for my happiness: A Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal.

All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.

No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.

By thoughts I mean specifically chatter in the skull: perpetual and compulsive repetition of words, of reckoning and calculating.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

An unconsidered opinion is like an untamed beast; only through rigorous cross-examination does it yield true understanding.

Do not let the unexamined opinions of the multitude dictate the health of your soul.

Can anything be more ridiculous than for a man to be in love with what harms him and hostile to what benefits him?

Envy is the ulcer of the soul.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions when severed from the anchor of reason.

Those who wish to succeed must ask the right preliminary questions.

To write well, express yourself like common people, but think like a wise man.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Attention is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought.

The highest form of human intelligence is to observe without evaluating.

Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.