Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

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,

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Habit: the shackles of the free

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

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.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

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