"If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't expect to suddenly develop one during a moment of crisis."

"The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself."

"In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich."

"The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member."

"Stand firm when justice demands it, even if you stand entirely alone. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull that he can look right through his wife without seeing her."

"Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting."

"To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage."