Contentment comes from wanting what we need, not needing what we want.

New knowledge does not rule this world, old knowledge does.

Generally speaking, children have a healthier, more rewarding attitude to life than adults.

You must learn to control your dreams or your dreams will forever control you.

Technological prowess does not guarantee social wisdom.

We cannot force people to be intelligent, ethical or wise.

When you repay evil with evil, you become evil.

Only by fully experiencing fear, can you ever hope to control it.

Do not dismiss the words of the old; they possess wisdom, which comes only with age, and often speak of things that the young are too immature to understand.