The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

No strength within, no respect without.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!