Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

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.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

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

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

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