Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

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

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.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

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

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.