If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

... 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

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.