Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.