The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

... 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

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.