If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.