It is certainly not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

There is nothing very odd about lambs disliking birds of prey, but this is no reason for holding it against large birds of prey that they carry off lambs. And when the lambs whisper among themselves, "These birds of prey are evil, and does this not give us a right to say that whatever is the opposite of a bird of prey must be good," there is nothing intrinsically wrong with such an argument-though the birds of prey will look somewhat quizzically and say, We have nothing against these good lambs; in fact, we love them; nothing tastes better than a tender lamb.

Our vanity desires that what we do best should be considered what is hardest for us.

Mastery.- We have reached mastery when we neither mistake nor hesitate in the achievement.

Buddhism is a hundred times as realistic as Christianity it is part of its living heritage that it is able to face problems objectively and coolly; it is the product of long centuries of philosophical speculation.

How do you expect to learn to dance when you have not even learned to walk! And above the dancer is still the flyer and his bliss.