Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

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

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

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