This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.
I cannot believe there is caste system in society; I cannot believe people are judged on the basis of their prosperity.
If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established.
Each of us lives with a sword over his head. There are those who can ignore its shadow and those who cannot. Those who cannot are not necessarily better than those who can. But they are the creators of the special myth of their time, because any myth...
Is the god the source, or is the god a human manner of conceiving of the force and energy that supports the world? In our tradition God is a male. This male and female differentiation is made, however, within the field of time and space, the field of...
...if we seek the permanence of an object as something existing from its own side, we discover something inexpressible. If we take three sticks and place them together in a certain way, they will all stand up. If each of the sticks could stand under ...
Aging offers certain rewards that youth cannot. It represents the culmination of our efforts in building self-knowledge, families, friendships, careers, and the sense of self that comes from facing whatever adversity we may have encountered. Aging is...
We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one else can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world....
A razor may be sharper than an axe, but it cannot cut wood.
You cannot have all chiefs; you gotta have Indians too.
If you cannot take things by the head, then take them by the tail.
If you cannot become rich, be the neighbor of a rich man.
Where blood has been shed the tree of forgiveness cannot grow.
A man with too much ambition cannot sleep in peace.
He who has never been cheated, cannot be a good businessman.
He who is master of himself cannot tolerate another boss.
No matter how tall the mountain, it cannot block out the sun.
I own a cow in heaven, but I cannot drink her milk.
All the treasures of earth cannot bring back one lost moment.
You cannot make a beautiful plumage out of a pig's tail.
"That smells bad," said the cat about meat that it cannot reach.
