Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

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

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

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

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

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