-
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you'll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety effortlessly. That is what it means to truly 'see'"
-
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
-
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
-
"Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities."
-
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
-
"We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."