Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

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

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.