The only thing that never changes is that everything changes.

A man in his life may have many teachers, some most unexpected. The question lies with the man himself: Will he learn from them?

When I was a small boy I often went to the woods to lie on the grass in the shade. Somehow I had come to believe the earth could give me wisdom, but it did not. Yet I learned a little about animals and learned it is not always brave to make a stand. It is often foolish. There is a time for courage and a time for flight.

It is better to fear a little. One is cautious then.

When corruption is visited upon the cities of men, the mountains and the deserts await him. The cities are for money but the high-up hills are purely for the soul.

Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on

The key to understanding any people is in its art: its writing, painting, sculpture.