Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

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

Power tires only those who do not have it.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

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

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

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