I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

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

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.