When mind says it's impossible, don't dictate heart to comply.
-Toba Beta
Vacuity, tranquillity, mellowness, quietness and taking no action characterise things of the universe at peace and represent the ultimate Tao and virtue. Therefore abide in them.
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average.
-Derek Walcott
The gulf between I and you is the ego. When the ego is removed the distance disappears and the ‘I’ and ‘you’ also disappear. They merge to become one — and that is love.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
-H. L. Mencken
If you want to leave the world better than you found it, then use your heart of compassion and your life of concern.
If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
-Desmond Tutu