A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.