Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

Though one should live a hundred years without wisdom and control, yet better, indeed, is a single day's life of one who is wise and meditative.