“Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.”

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape one hundred days of sorrow.

A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a months study of books.

He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg.

Talk doesn't cook rice.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere