Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

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.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.