Unless you have found God in your own soul, the whole world will seem meaningless to you.

Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves.

Your own self is your master; who else could be? With yourself well controlled, you gain a master very hard to find.

The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.

Oneself, indeed, is one's own protector. One does, indeed [make] one's own destiny. Therefore, control yourself as a merchant does a fine horse.

We are hidden in ourselves, like a truth hidden in isolated facts. When we know that this One in us is One in all, then our truth is revealed.