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.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

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

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.