Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

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

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

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.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes