Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.
A good traveller is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveller does not know where he came from.
Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.
Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
The wise man reads both books and life itself.
