It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character