Under the comb, the tangle and the straight path are the same.

To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.

Change is the only constant.

And some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do when asleep.

There is nothing permanent except change. Nothing is permanent except change. The only constant is change. Change is the only constant. Change alone is unchanging.

Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

Those who hear and do not understand are like the deaf. Of them the proverb says: "Present, they are absent."