A true teacher would never tell you what to do. But he would give you the knowledge with which you could decide what would be best for you to do.

Enjoy your life. No curse hangs over you, nor did it ever. No devil chases after your soul. Sing and dance and be merry.

The hourglass runs low.

You will see that the things you desire most are the very things that bring you the greatest sorrow.

Death never comes at the right time, despite what mortals believe. Death always comes like a thief.

What you wish for, what you most hope for - that is your greatest illusion.

When you were in love, you knew no fear or hatred. When you were fearful, there was no possibility of love or hate. And when there was hate, there was only hate.

Sleep is not on good terms with broken hearts. It will have nothing to do with them.

You search endlessly for permanent happiness in a world where nothing is permanent.

It doesn't matter. You are what you are. I am what I am. We are the same-when you take the time to remember me.

Darkness approaches from outside. I feel no light inside me strong enough to resist it.

The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces.

Because each of you has his or her own death, you carry it with you in a secret place from the moment you're born, it belongs to you and you belong to it.

Accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity.

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.

Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh.

I don't know karate, but I know crazy.

Online communities are an expression of loneliness.

Sneering springs out of the wish to deny; and wretched must that state of mind be that wishes to take refuge in doubt.

Politicians are always interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.

I think because I'm not a parent, my most immediate connection to childhood is my memory of my own childhood.