Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

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

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.