You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.