You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.