Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.