Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

The greatest prayer is patience.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.