One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing. It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift.

A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.

If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow.

Never mistake motion for action.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.