Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.