I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing.

Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But alms given to those who are yet under the tyrannical yoke of the passions are like seed deposited in a bad soil. The passions of the receiver of the alms choke, as it were, the growth of merits.

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.