A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.