You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Evena sheet of paper has two sides.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him