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

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

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.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

... 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

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.