Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

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.

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

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

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

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.