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“Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows.”

“Here is my secret. It is very simple: one sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye.”

“The meaning of things lies not in things themselves but in our attitude towards them.”

“I am the least of all in the world. You are the greatest of all. I am your smallest child, and yet your greatest blessing.”

“Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.”

“Those who live with care are never too unlucky.”

“The Brain — is wider than the Sky — For — put them side by side — The one the other will contain — With ease — and You — beside —”

“Success is counted sweetest — By those who ne'er succeed —”

“Much Madness is divinest Sense — To a discerning Eye —”

“Some keep the Sabbath going to Church — I keep it, staying at Home — With a Bobolink for a Chorister — And an Orchard, for a Dome —”

“If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.”

“Life is simple — eat well, stay warm, and be happy.”

“In life, being happy is what matters most — everything else is small stuff.”

“In summer, nothing's a big deal — eat well, sleep well, and that's already amazing.”

“Walk slowly, look carefully — the scenery along the way is also the destination.”

“The great river flows east, its waves washing away all the heroes of ages past.”

“We cannot see the true face of Mount Lu — for we are in the mountain ourselves.”

“Seen from the standpoint of that which does not change, all things and ourselves are everlasting.”

“What is life's journey like? It is like a wild goose treading the snow — leaving traces, then flying on.”

“Bamboo staff and straw sandals — lighter than a horse. Who is afraid? A straw cloak in the misty rain, and I let life unfold.”

“If what you give me is the same as what you give everyone else, then I don't want it.”

“Love is not a necessity — it is an adornment.”

“Every day can be a fresh start, right?”

“Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'”

“Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul.”

“The autumn breeze feels nice — perfect for a walk, or missing someone.”

“Relax — you don't need everything to be perfect.”

“Just be a little more patient with the people and things you love.”

“How shall you sing if your mouth is filled with food? How shall your hand be raised in blessing if it is filled with gold?”

“We measure people according to our love for them.”

“Spend your time on things that make you happy.”

“Some things you only truly understand after experiencing them yourself.”

“Accept everything life gives you, then keep moving forward.”

“When your heart is at peace, everything falls into place.”

“Do not seek what you can have, but become what you ought to be.”

“Eat well, sleep well — that's more important than anything.”

“Life's harvest reap like the wheat's fruitful ear.”

“The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving toward perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment.”

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”

“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.”

“Beautiful things always stir the soul — that is their meaning.”

“The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.”

“When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.”

“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”

“If you wish to be loved, love.”

“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”

“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a great deal of it.”

“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”

“Fate leads the willing and drags the unwilling.”

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

“To live is to learn how to die.”

“Why do we weep over fragments of life? Our whole life calls for tears.”

“When it's cold, have a cup of hot tea — it warms your hands and your heart.”

“You don't have to leave your room or your house. Sit at your desk and let peace enter your heart. Peace is you, and you are peace.”

“The meaning of life is not what we get from it, but what we give to it.”

“To love means to understand. If you do not understand, you cannot love.”

“Don't worry too much — things are usually better than you think.”

“What we do here is but a single wave's stroke. Yet that single stroke is enough to change the shape of the sea.”

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”

“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”

“The pain you feel is a messenger. Listen to what it says.”

“Die, then, in love — and the soul will be set free.”