Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.
Krishnamurti


The more you know, the less you understand.
Tao Te Ching


It is not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the Bullring.
Spanish


Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with truth.
Thich Nhat Nanh


A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams...
John Barrymore


If ever you should need my life, come and take it.
The Seagull


The more sorrow one encounters, the more joy one can contain.
Kahlil Gibran

God promises a safe landing, but not a calm passage.
Bulgarian


When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man.



Everybody laughs in the same language.



Tomorrow or next life - which comes first, we will never know.
Tibetan Buddhist


Be smart! Accept correction -



The nail which sticks out will get hammered (in).
Japanese


Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Dr. Thomas F. Jones, Jr.



An eye for an eye will make the whole world go blind.
Mahatma Gandhi


Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.



Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
Timothy Leary


It is easier to stay out than get out.
Mark Twain


The child says nothing, but what it heard by the fire.



You must cut your coat according to your cloth.
Vietnamese


The cowl does not make the monk.
Vietnamese


Old foxes want no tutor.
Vietnamese


A clear conscience is a sure card.
Vietnamese


Death squares all accounts.
Vietnamese


The true Black Belt is the white belt of a beginner, stained by the dried blood and sweat of the owner.



You may know a man by the company he keeps.



A great position entails great responsibility.
Vietnamese


If you are ready to believe, you are easy to deceive.
Vietnamese


He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance.
Eskimo


An evil deed remains with the evildoer.
Japanese


The tongue is like a sharp knife, it kills without drawing blood.
Japanese

Beware, the man of one book.
St. Thomas Aquinas

Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
Malayan

If three people say you are an ass, put on a bridle.
Spanish

It is the great north wind that made the Vikings.
Scandanavian

There is nothing hidden between Heaven and Earth.
Venezuelan

There wouldn't be such a thing as counterfeit gold if there were no real gold somewhere.
Sufi

Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cocks; bleat in a flock of goats.
Malayan

Behind the mountains, more mountains.
Haitian

It is better to drink water with a friend, than to partake of a foe's honey.
Tibetan

It is by warfare that the soul makes progress.
Abba John the Short

As the dew is dried up by the morning sun, So are the sins of humankind by the sight of the Himalayas.
Hindu

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson