We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

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