Outside noisy, inside empty.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

As long as there is life there is danger.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.