Friendship is evolving into a relationship of convenience.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.  

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.  

In matters of love, listen to your heart. Brain has no clue to what love is all about!

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

Compromise is the easy option adopted by the inhabitants of the comfort zone.

You feed your depressive thoughts through overthinking.

By ancestry, I was born to rule.

Mistakes happen unknowingly. But they teach us a whole lot of things.

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.