Many a small man is considered good while he remains small, but let power come to him, and he becomes a raging fury.

You will never be able to go to the east if you follow people who are on the way that leads to the west.

Self pride hinders the soul from flourishing,

Dogs are animals that poop in public and you're supposed to pick it up. After a week of doing this, you've got to ask yourself, "Who's the real master in this relationship?"

To say no at the right time, and then stand by it, is the first element of success. He is the wise man who, for all his life, can keep mind and soul and body clean.

We ought to recognise the profound gulf between the work to which we are 'called' and the work we are forced into as a means of livelihood.

The heavy smell of flower petals stroked the walls of my lungs.

As women in industrial societies join the paid workforce, they gain the economic means to depart unhappy marriages more easily.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.

Life, too much of it, and not enough. The fear that it will end some day, and the fear that tomorrow will be the same as yesterday.

You get more insight as you get older, on everything. I kind of woke up one morning and was like, 'Oh I see what's happening, I get everything'. I woke up and was like, 'I get it, I'm a product'.