The property of power is to protect.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

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

Every advantage has its tax

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen