We want to be poets of our life first of all in the smallest most everyday matters.

Life songs of ages, throbbing in my blood, have danced the rhythm of the tide and flood.

If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once a week.

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

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.

The same stream of life that runs through the world runs through my veins night and day.