Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Every advantage has its tax

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.