Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.