If there is no wound in your hand You can carry poison in your hand.Poison does not attack one who is unwounded. There is no evil for one who does not do evil.

Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.

The fool who knows his folly Becomes wise by that fact.But the fool who thinks he's wise - He's called 'a fool' indeed!

Now may every living thing, young or old, weak or strong, living near or far, known orunknown, living or departed or yet unborn, may every living thing be full of bliss.

Better than a thousand sayings Made up of useless wordsIs one word of meaning Which calms you to hear it.

One who utters speech that isn't rough But instructive and truthfulSo that he offends no one, Him I call Brahmin.

There's a mess inside you: You clean the outside.

Though you might conquer in battle A thousand times a thousand men, You're the greatest battle-winner If you conquer just one - yourself.

Though you recite much scripture, If you are unaware and do not act accordingYou are like a cowherd counting others' cattle, Not a sharer in the wanderer's life.

O let us live in joy, in love among those who hate! Among men who hate, let us live in love.

Yellow leaves hang on your tree of life. The messengers of death are waiting. You are going to travel far away. Have you any provisions for the journey?

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

He had to give humans credit where it was due - they did seem to have a knack for building interesting places for cats to explore.

The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common government.

Afghanistan is the most daring and ambition mission in the history of NATO.

I am a nerd, but I don't dive head-first into any fiefdom of nerdiness, except for maybe 'Star Trek.'

I wanted to play piano, and that slid quickly into writing - it wasn't enough to play other people's notes: I had to write notes too.

They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.

It's not an accident that successful people read more books.

Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is.

Actually, scientists don't know exactly how lice jumped from gorillas to our human ancestors. They speculate that we may have eaten them or perhaps slept in their nests.