He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

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

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.