Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

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.