Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.