The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.