A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty