The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded upon a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

There's in my mind a steady movement of the world.

Once you choose hope, anything's possible.

The truly noble mind has no resentments.

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk.

The sage is like the sky, which appears to be small and limited, but in reality is vast and limitless. The ignorant person is like a cloud, which seems to cover a lot of space, but in reality has no substance.

The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of oneself.