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

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di