Learn to follow the crowd before learning to stand out; learn to embrace complexity before seeking simplicity; learn to love yourself before loving others; love your family before your friends; learn how to live before experiencing life; learn how to be a person before seeking status; demand more from yourself than from others; learn to adapt before becoming independent.
Animals need to breathe, and so do you; animals need nourishment, and so do you; animals experience joy and sadness, just as you do. Some claim that because animals are different from humans, they can be killed at will—I have never heard a more absurd lie.
Anything that can be taken from you is ultimately worthless.
Ladies, when you are out in the world alone, what you rely on most is your strength.
If you are not blind, please do not rely solely on your ears to understand me.
The joy found in liberation far outweighs the joy found in acquisition. By this logic, death should be more joyful than birth, and divorce more joyful than marriage.
If what you gained in the past failed to satisfy you, then what you gain in the future won't either, yet you continue your endless pursuit and toil.