...people of old deemed freedom from greed precious, and this is how they got beyond the world.

If those who give are conscious of their own generosity and those who receive feel indebted, they are no longer family but rather strangers doing business.

There is much meaning in the word endure. For example, when dealing with unstable human feelings and uneven pathways in life, without endurance to hold you up, you may fall into a pit in the brush.

Those who have come to an impasse should examine their original intentions; those who have succeeded should note where they are heading.

To notice people's deceptions yet not reveal it in words, to bear people's insults without showing any change of attitude-there is endless meaning in this, and also endless function.

If a poor house is well kept, or a poor girl well groomed, there is elegance if not beauty. If good people should come upon hard times, why should they immediately give up on themselves?

Human affairs are like a chess game. Only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players.

Valuing unusual conduct is not as good as being careful about ordinary actions.

Attention is the mind's feet; if you do not control your attention strictly, it runs into misleading pathways.

If the mind is illumined, there is clear blue sky in a dark room. If the thoughts are muddled, there are malevolent ghosts in broad daylight.

In dealing with good people one should be magnanimous; in dealing with bad people one should be strict. In dealing with average people one should combine magnanimity and strictness.

A woman may get to love by degrees—the best fire does not flare up the soonest.

You cannot argue with [Satan], for he is the greatest debater of all time.

Where you go, he'll go, " Stebbs said."I know it.""Tough caring about people, isn't it?"... "Wouldn't trade it, " she said.

Choosing not to act on an angry impulse and to feel the pain that lies beneath it is a very courageous thing to do.

As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it.

Investing is for wealth preservation, not wealth creation, so first you have to make wealth.

I personally believe that the office of the President of India is not to be sought. It is to be offered.

We find things where we look for them, which is why I never look for a golf ball out of bounds.

I'd always wanted to know the difference between a mark that was art and one that wasn't.

I'm not an American, Do they count the votes in America? I haven't voted in Jamaica either.