You are all born free and carry the noble spirit within you.

Practice is necessary. You can't learn to swim just by reading a book about swimming. Otherwise, you will continue to look for teachers at each stop.

Pleasure can only be experienced after going through pain and vice versa.

The book might be the same, but it is obvious that the minds and our understandings are not the same at all.

It is not our business to worry or care about something that is beyond our understanding.

You must be ready to take all your responsibilities upon your head, instead of relying upon someone else to do all the dirty work for you.

You cannot live your whole life nor base it on the assumption that someone else is going to carry your responsibilities at the finish line.

Your words and actions must go hand-in-hand, so as to avoid any type of contradiction in the near future.

A philosopher is a man in the street who speaks the same street language. He has to speak from personal experience and try to make simple spirits understand his way of life.