WHEN you scatter seeds on the surface of the soil, they do not germinate; you have to keep them inside the soil.

Things that I could get done, I do not entrust to others; I do them myself, so that they may learn self-reliance and get experience thereby.

You must be uncomfortable when those around you are unhappy; when you ease their discomfort, you are making them happy and making yourself happy, isn't it?

They desert you even when you are alive, O madman; what good can they do when someone is dead?

Those that ride on chariots, and those that have no chariots, those that are mounted, and those that are not mounted, all those, after they have been slain, vultures and strong-winged hawks shall devour!

O sun, take away their sight; O rays, run after them; clinging to their feet, fasten yourselves upon them, when the strength of their arms is gone!