“You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing, and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life.”

 

“Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.”

“It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.”

“If you desire ease, forsake learning. If you desire learning, forsake ease”

“The ending is the beginning, and the beginning is the first step, and the first step is the only step.”