When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

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.

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

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.