No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

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

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

The greatest prayer is patience.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

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

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

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