quotations

Happiness is found in the branches.
Contentment is found in the roots.
Happiness is found in the waves.
Contentment is found in the depths.
Go to the roots within yourself and search.
Go to the depths within yourself and search.

Truth is the cornerstone of contentment.
Denial is death to contentment.
Denial can bury truth forever.
But truth never dies and can be raised from the deepest grave.

The easy way in life found through someone else's understanding is not real understanding.
The difficult way in life found through your own understanding is real understanding.

It is not the wrong done to you that harms you,
but what you do in response to that wrong that harms you.

Freedom is never doing whatever you want whenever you want.
Freedom must dovetail with responsibility or it is not freedom at all.

Through your peace, others will be peaceful.
Through your contention, others will contend.

Do not convert anyone except youself.
Even a lifetime may not be long enough to convert yourself to the truth within you.

The person who knows everything does not exist.
The person who thinks they know everything is a fool,
and the person who believes them is a bigger fool.

Always be weary of those with big opinions.
Those with big opinions often have little knowledge and less wisdom.
Those with no opinions often have some knowledge and much wisdom.

Change is never capitulation.
True capitulation is never changing, never growing,
and never searching for your own path in life.