" Speech is silver, silence is golden. "

— Thomas Carlyle

" The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished. "

— Deng Ming-Dao

" Real friends don't get offended when you insult them. They smile and call you something even more offensive. "

— Unknown

" A room without books is like a body without a soul. "

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

" For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. "

— John Burroughs

" Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it. "

— Sakyong Mipham