Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

... 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

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.