A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

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