Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.