Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

... 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