Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.