As long as we have hope, we have direction, the energy to move, and the map to move by. We have a hundred alternatives, a thousand paths and an infinity of dreams. Hopeful, we are halfway to where we want to go; hopeless, we are lost forever.

The wise trusts not only to his physical eyes - thus he can see clearly.

When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.

Failure is the foundation of success: success is the lurking place of failure.

Water does not force its way.

A tree as wide as a man's embrace grows from a tiny shoot.

The world is won by those who let it go.