Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

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

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.