Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

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

The greatest prayer is patience.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.