The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

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

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.

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

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.