In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

Go then, O my inseperable, this once more,

Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.

For there is no folly so great as keeping one's sorrows hidden.

Sustainability is about profit...it is the opportunity of the century

I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.

Work, look for peace and calm in work: You will find it nowhere else. Pleasures flit by -- they are only for yourself; work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others.

Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died?

He liked the works of his friends, which is beautiful as loyalty but can be disastrous as judgement.

Intuition is more important to discovery than logic.

There are times with your friends when you just have to put their whole mess out of your mind for a while.