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.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

The ultimate measured a man is not where he stands in marents of comfort, but whre he stands at times of challenge & contraversy.

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

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

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