nāyamātmā pravacanena labhyo
na medhayā na bahunā śrutena
yamevaisha vrņute tena labhyas
tasyaisha ātmā vivrņute tanūm svām

This Self is not attained through much exposition or acquisitive knowledge. Nor by fixing meaning in memory through the power of the mind. Neither through much hearing or repetition alone. Indeed, that Self which the seeker longs for, by that is the Self attained. Then that seeker’s own Self reveals its own nature openly, with greater eloquence than words. This Self excels in describing itself.

~ Kaţha Upanişad 1.2.23

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.

~ Arthur Schopenhauer

Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.

~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

One who knows and knows he knows is a wise man, Follow Him
One who knows and knows not he knows is asleep, Awaken him
One who knows not and knows he knows not is a child, Teach him
One who knows not and knows not he knows not is a Fool, Avoid him

~ Confucius (Analects)

Even if a particular doctrine is set forth in Buddha's scriptures, one must examine to determine whether or not it is damaged by reasoning. If there is damage by way of reasoning, it is not suitable to assert the literal reading of the passage.

~ The Dalai Lama (A Policy of Kindness)