Karma este inceputul cunoasterii, mai departe vine rabdarea. Rabdarea este foarte importanta, sunt puternici cei care au rabdare. Rabdarea inseamna sa-ti infrangi pornirea catre cele sapte simtaminte: ura, adoratie, bucurie, neliniste, manie, tristete, teama. Daca nu te lasi cuprins de ele inseamna ca ai rabdare, ca esti linistit si atunci vei incepe sa intelegi tot mersul lucrurilor si vei fi in armonie cu Eternitatea...
(vorbele lui Toranaga in romanul Shogun)


I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies, for the hardest victory is victory over self.
~ Aristotle

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
~ Mark Twain

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
~ T.S. Eliot