Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.