Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Takecare, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you willforever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make adifference, if you choose to do so.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.