To be born free is an accident; To live free a responsibility; To die free
is an obligation.

To be born free is an accident; To live free a responsibility; To die free
is an obligation.

A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn't go by
yourself.

A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn't go by
yourself.

The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.

The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.

Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.

Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.

Any time you try to win everything, you must be willing to lose everything.

Any time you try to win everything, you must be willing to lose everything.

In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best read more

In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which
all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in
which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is
designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and
uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We
survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it
any other way.

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are
developed.

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are
developed.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what
one does.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what
one does.