Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

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

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

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

Our distrust is very expensive.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

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