It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

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

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

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.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.