A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

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

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.