To find out if there is actually such freedom one must be aware of one's own conditioning, of the problems, of the monotonous shallowness, emptiness, insufficiency of one's daily life, and above all one must be aware of fear. One must be aware of one...
He who wishes to explain Generation must take for his theme the organic body and its constituent parts, and philosophize about them; he must show how these parts originated, and how they came to be in that relation in which they stand to each other. ...
As important as your obligations as a doctor, lawyer or business leader will be, you are a human being first. And these human connections with spouse, with children and with friends are the most important investments you will ever make. At the end of...
No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.
If you light one candle for God, then you must light two for the devil.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
A man must make himself despicable before he is despised by others.
He who wants to be a dragon must eat many little snakes.
When the big fish fight the shrimps must lie low.
When the crocodile says that the river crossing is deep you must believe it.
He who wants to jump high must take a long run.
He must indeed be a good master who never does wrong.
He who wants a new world must first buy the old.
He who would catch a rogue must watch behind the door.
Fashion is a tyrant from which there is no deliverance; all must conform to its whimsical.
He who has a head of wax must not go near the fire.
God will help a seaman in a storm but the pilot must still remain at the wheel.
The preacher must be like a chicken who always has an egg in reserve.
You must keep quiet or say only things that improve silence.
He that eats till he is sick must fast till he is well.
