We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

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

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

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.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.