I cannot believe there is a god who punishes and rewards, for I see honest folk unlucky, and rogues unlucky.
Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help
Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.
Anger. Control your anger. If you hold anger toward others, they have control over you. Your opponent can dominate and defeat you if you allow him to get you irritated.
The purpose of today's training is to defeat yesterday's understanding.
To win any battle, you must fight as if you are already dead
Determine that today you will overcome your self of the day before, tomorrow you will win over those of lesser skill, and later you will win over those of greater skill.
The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity.
It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government.
Under the rubric of religious freedom, we respect the right to worship differently much more than the right to worship not at all.
Take it from a guy: If you're in love with somebody, you will swim the stream, you will climb the mountain, you will slay the dragon. You're going to get to her somehow, some way.