You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

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

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Every advantage has its tax

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