Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

One will not go wrong if one attributes extreme actions to vanity, average ones to habit, and petty ones to fear.

The nail that stands out will be hammered down.

He travels the fastest who travels alone.

Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.

The subtle energies and information that underlie this universe were there before its particles of matter appeared and will be there after these particles disappear.

You'll see more and more perfection of that - computer as servant. But the next thing is going to be computer as a guide or agent.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

Creativity takes courage.

Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble. It is time to really live; to fully inhabit the situation you happen to be in now.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

When the energy of our consciousness is out of our control - the mind is agitated. We are being emotional. The solution is to detach from the inner storms, stand back and observe the hurricane pass. Detached observation withdraws the energy which your emotions require to sustain themselves. When you watch your own anger, it dies. If you don't detach from it, and observe it ...it will be your master.

As far as extra dimensions are concerned, very tiny extra dimensions wouldn't be perceived in everyday life, just as atoms aren't: we see many atoms together but we don't see atoms individually.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

The ability to enjoy one's own company is one of the greatest gifts life has to offer. Learning to turn my thoughts away from all my responsibilities at the day's end and take my mind into a state of peace and benevolence enables me to carry greater and greater loads without feeling the burden. When my inner landscape is full of beautiful thoughts, everything I do is a pleasure. Gently, I calm down chaotic situations and offer solace to troubled minds.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

I cannot find, I cannot imagine any such reasoning. But I keep my mind still open to instruction, if any one will vouchsafe to bestow it upon me.

He not busy being born is busy dying.

In the Buddha's life story we see the three stages of practice: Morality comes first, then concentrated meditation, and then wisdom. And we see that the path takes time.

It's good to have an opinion isn't it? If you don't have an opinion about important issues you are seen as weak - right? This is how people justify holding an opinion about anything and everything. But wait a second - in the moment of expressing your opinion, if it is the defence of a position, or it's designed to be against another opinion, it is nothing more than an attachment. And this means fear is present. It means insecurity. This may explain why those who have the same opinions form pressure groups and factions, and why there is usually a great deal of emotion and conflict present. It may explain why there is much wailing and weeping, loud words and the crossing of swords whenever, opposing opinions meet. Much better to have a point of view, and to be extremely interested in others points of view. This says, "I am flexible", it says, "I have the humility to learn", and it says, "I seek to meet you on the ground we share, as opposed to fight you from a proclaimed territory."