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

You can't unscramble an egg.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

... 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

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

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

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

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.