Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Oscar Wilde

Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.

Euripides

Humility is the proper estimate of oneself.

Charles Spurgeon

Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it isn't open.

Frank Zappa

When the student is ready, the master appears.

Buddhist proverb