Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

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.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.