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.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

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

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.