If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

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.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.