One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

Well done is better than well said.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.