Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.
Source: From Charades, an internet collection of quotations
-- Buddha, (Apr 8 563BC-483BC), Indian religious leader; He renounced the world to search for a solution to human suffering; founded Buddhism, c. 528 BC.