Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.