Only the educated are free.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Never complain and never explain.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Wherever you are - be all there.
After a storm comes a calm.
Know or listen to those who know.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Take the decision in early March to arrest Muqtada al-Sadr. It was made apparently without knowledge or understanding of the nature of his movement or how widespread it is.