There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

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

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 power to do good is also the power to do harm.

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