Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.