We are made wise 

not by the recollection of our past, 

but by the responsibility for our future.

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

One gets to the heart of the matter 

by a series of experiences in the same pattern,

but in different colours.

How difficult it is 

to save the bark of reputation 

from the rocks of ignorance.

There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man 

that he does not know 

till he takes up a pen to write.

There is something joyous about not talking.

I want to do with you what spring does with cherry trees.

There is no value in life 

except what you choose to place upon it 

and no happiness in any place 

except what you bring to it yourself.

It is strange how one feels drawn forward 

without knowing at first where one is going.

Where ignorance is our master, 

there is no possibility of real peace.

We give advice by the bucket, 

but take it by the grain.

In the fight between you and the world, 

back the world.

If you hate a person, 

you hate something in him that is part of yourself. 

What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

An open foe may prove a curse, 

but a pretended friend is worse.