Be first the master of yourself

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.

Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself.

Memory is not only unruly, leaving us in the lurch when most needed, but stupid as well, putting its nose into places where it is not wanted.

For the advice in a joke is sometimes more useful than the most serious teaching.

Rivalry discovers that courtesy overlooks.

Everyone is down on pain, because they forget something important about it: Pain is for the living. Only the dead don't feel it.

Have fun with the uncertainty of life. When you learn to do so, you will be certain to win.

Who we are cannot be separated from where we're from.

The creative principle is less about dogma and more about opening ourselves to the evolution of consciousness.

I will always support legalization of the entheogens, which are, without a doubt, the most important and the most grossly misunderstood medicines on earth.

For some time its been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it.

The man who takes the liberty to live is superior to all the laws, by virtue of his relation to the lawmaker.

If a composer could state in words what being a composer means, he would no longer need to be a composer.

Worry clogs the brain and paralyzes the thought. A troubled brain can not think clearly, vigorously, locally.

Power educates the potentate.