A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

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.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.