In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.
If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talk to you, you have schizophrenia.
The self is not something one finds. It is something one creates.
When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.
The system isn’t stupid, but the people in it are.
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.
A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.
The wise treat self-respect as non-negotiable, and will not trade it for health or wealth or anything else.
The wrongs don’t make a right, but they make a good excuse.