A crooked log makes a strait fire.

The best mirror is an old friend.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables. [A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.]

The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.

You cannot make a windmill go with a pair of bellows.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

Help thyself, and God will help thee.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!

We tend to seek closure and completeness.

Shamanism is not simply a component of society: on the contrary, shamanism, together with its tiered cosmos, can be said to be the overall framework of society.

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

My work should be judged as it enters the ears and heads of listeners, not as it is described to the eyes of readers.

I don't think there's an improvised word in the movie. I hope not because I admire writing. Improvising is kind of gambling. It's just that you're standing up.

Literature, fiction, poetry, whatever, makes justice in the world. That's why it almost always has to be on the side of the underdog.

Are you wrestling faster than the audience can process? The answer to that question is often times yes. If that is true, then you are failing.

I did not choose to be a dancer. I was chosen.

Leadership is not about control but service. Its not about power but empowerment

The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.