silence shared with words

Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons.

If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.

The invention of the ship was also the invention of the shipwreck.

Men destroy each other during war, themselves during peacetime.

You become a more positive, peaceful, and a harmonic person when you don't react to people that use you as a mirror for their own self-hate.

The cold water doesn't get warmer if you jump late.

The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this the task and mighty labor lies.

The end of a melody is not its goal: but nonetheless, had the melody not reached its end, it would not have reached its goal either.

The moments when it’s the most difficult to be kind are the moments where it matters the most.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.

To a disciple who was forever complaining about others, the Master said, ‘If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.

You cannot paint your entire life with a singular brush stroke.

If your views on other things can be predicted from your views on one thing, you need to be very careful that you’re not in the grip of an ideologue.

Use your fear, it can take you to the place where you store your courage.