Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

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

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.