A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

... 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

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side