The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

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

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

He whoangers you, conquers you.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.