The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

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

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

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

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.