To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Aproblem is a chance for you to do your best.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.