The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

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

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

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

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

A language is like living skin itself.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.