The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

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.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.