Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

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

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .