Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.